This is an analysis of the poem Cups Without Wine that begins with:

Cups without wine are low things
Like a pot thrown to the ground,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 1011111 1011001 11000111 11011 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 Cups Without Wine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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