This is an analysis of the poem Introductory 03 that begins with:

I was one night meditating on the time which had elapsed, repenting of the life I had squandered and perforating the stony mansion of my heart with...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcXcdaeafecgahiXjkblkagbXggkgmamcebhgm l jn a ffcn b XgXeljba b ei a ccXcgd a Xffccc j igcl b n fgXaeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,38,1,2,1,4,1,8,1,2,1,6,1,6,1,4,1,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010111010100011110110100101001101000111100100100010000101 10010010101 01010110001 11110010101 110110100111 1111111111 0100101101111101 1110100010 0100100001 010111101100 101011010010 1110101001101 10100110101100 10111001 10100111100 1100111101 1010110101010 10101110011 1110101011001 101010101 1001101000101 1111110100001 1111110101 110111110011 1110110100 1001110001010 10010011101 010001100010 0001000101011 10001111010 01110101 1000101101001 111110011 10100101010 1011110110 0101101100 111010010 100101001011 110101011 10100001001100111001100100010001101001010011100101011100101010 010010110011111 010101111011001 1010001010101110101000101001001111001000101010101000110010101110100010111111011111100101011110111 11110100100 111001110 01011101000101 11001000111 1010100111101111111100101101011001011001000101100101101101110100101010101110010111101100010111110111111111101110001110010010010100100011110010111000101001100000100111010001010100101010100010 1010011001001 000100101001001 101011111 10100100101010 11010010101010 0010110110101 1110010001010011 10010011011100010 0111101000111010011010100010101110010101100010110100100 11100100010 1011101011101 111000100010111111001000101010100011110110100010010101 11000101 11011101010 1010011000100 0100101010010 01010101110 010010101110111 1100101001001011111000010101011000101011001011110011010100010 0100100110110 01010001110100 0101011010 01010101001 011001001 1101011010 0110100100010101100010010111111001010101101001101000101001000110111101010001011000101010011010011110010111001001011110001101110110010011111001001110101001100100111001101000010110010101001000100010010000100010 011000101001 10101110 0100111111 10110011010 10111011110101000110101011010100101010110 101111001110101010100101010100010100010010100101001110001010110100110110100001000010101010100010011001000101101010010100001001000110110100110001000100100010001001001001101001110100010010100100010101001001001100100011010100100100100001011011011001101010010000110111010010001 010011 01010101010 000001101001010010 111011101010 111001011001010010 01110101001000 01101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 92 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, not, be, it, if, to, and, in, my, he, him, that, from, had, on, with, garden, roses, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Introductory 03;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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