This is an analysis of the poem The Root that begins with:

Deep, Love, yea, very deep.
And in the dark exiled,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababba cdcdcd dedede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 100111 1111011101 1101110111 1101011011 110101 111101 100111 1111011101 1101110101 1101000111 101101 100101 011101 1101110101 1101101101 1001011101 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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