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

Tomorrow will have an island. Before night
I always find it. Then on to the next island....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaca bdXXc adbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01101110011 111101100110 11010001101 11100110 1110111101101 111000011011010 111101110110 011010110110 010010010101 10110110110010 1011101110 0001000111110 1111001101 10010101110 1100101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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 Security;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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