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

I have heard about the civilized,
the marriages run on talk, elegant and honest, rational. But you and I are ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcXccXcbbXa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111010101 010011110011010011111 100110001 10101010 111111110 110101011 11101111 10011101 0111100110 101101 1111100110 0100111111 1010101 0110011 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Primitive;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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