This is an analysis of the poem Gold Mouths Cry that begins with:

Gold mouths cry with the green young
certainty of the bronze boy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabcbc aaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110011 1000011 010001010 11010101 11010101 01010101010 101010101 11110011010 10011010101 0111100100 1101 010001010 011001000101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Gold Mouths Cry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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