This is an analysis of the poem Shine, Republic that begins with:

The quality of these trees, green height; of the sky, shining, of
water, a clear flow; of the rock, hardness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd XXae Xfgd dcXX fXeg XbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001111001100 1001100110 110010100010001010 1001000101 100101110101011 01001010110 001101010101100101 011110100 101010101101010 0110100100100 1011010111110010 1001001101 110100110111011 001001010110 1011110111000011 1011010011010 10011010011011110 11001011010 101001011101010 10111010101010 1100100101001001 0110111111 010011011010111 110100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, quality, for, one, you, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Shine, Republic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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