This is an analysis of the poem Matisse: 'The Red Studio' that begins with:

There is no one here.
But the objects: they are real. It is not...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeefgahifXjdfiahcXkXffcfdffgbkXkfchjkba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111 1010111001 1011111101 10110111 0101111011 1100100010 10110010 101011100 10111 100110001 01100101010 111 101110001 1010111 01111 1111010 10101010111 111010101 1101000101 010100 1010011 1111010111 1101110101110101 01111101100 0111011100110 01011110101 11100101110101 110010101 10011011001 00101011010001010011 1001111010101001101010 0111001001010101111101 1101 0101001111 1111010101 0111010011111 01111111101 10101011011011 11010010100 01110101 011111 11111100 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1827
  • Average number of words per stanza: 326
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Matisse: 'The Red Studio';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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