This is an analysis of the poem The Siesta that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XX aBAB cXcXaBAB ddddaBAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010 10001000 1110110101 11101101 100110011 10010101 1110100101 101100101 10100101010 100101011 01111011011 10100101 100110011 10010101 1110100101 11100101 110010101 10111101 101011101 10100101 100110011 10010101 1110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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 The Siesta;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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