This is an analysis of the poem Sit that begins with:
Sit, drink your coffee here; your work can wait awhile.
You're twenty-six, and still have some life ahead....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Metre: 111101111101 11011111101 11111110011 010101111101 010101010101 010101010111 011001010101 100101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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 Sit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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