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

He was leaning by a face,
He was looking into eyes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababababcX Xcdcdcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1110001 1110101 1110101 101 101 101 101 010101101111 11110101010110 1 1110101 11100101 1110101 1010111 101 101 101 111 001110110101 1010000101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and are repeated.

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

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

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