This is an analysis of the poem Germ Plasma that begins with:

Using verbs that bite, the cold period stands
in before the troops. Snow is on the way:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXX XXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111011001 0010110101 11110111011 0110111011 110110101100 01101001001 1100111110 100010010010101 10111100101 001101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Germ Plasma;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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