This is an analysis of the poem Those Images that begins with:

WHAT if I bade you leave
The cavern of the mind?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXdcbXbXeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 010001 110101 001111 110111 011101 011100 10101 11100 110101 0101010 010101 10101 110101 10001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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