This is an analysis of the poem Libido that begins with:

How should I know? The enormous wheels of will
Drove me cold-eyed on tired and sleepless feet.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX deedee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110010100 11111101101 1111110101 1111110101 1101111111 1111111101 11110111001 1101011100 11011111110 11000110011 110110101 110011110110 0111110111 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Libido;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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