This is an analysis of the poem Vietnam Classic that begins with:

The Vietnam classic
was a seventy-year-old child, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgfXhfiejbkeflblfjemhXgllfXXciXfeXgnnifmhdcXabXfkbokfjXflbckeXkljej Xob
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001110 10100111 0010010110 10011010101 0110 1001 11101 00010001111 11010101010010 01011011 100100111101 00111010101 11111011010 11 11011 11011010 0110 1010010 101011010 111 01010110010 1 11011001 1101010001010 11011011 00101 101100101 01100001 011010 1010 100010100010 110110101 10010100 01000101010 110111 100 111 11010 10011011 11 11 11 111 011 101 0011 101011101 01101010 11010101001 1011 01000011 11 10110101 101 10001 11001001010 1101100011 0101111100101 111010 1 10011 1110 0111010101101 100101101 1110011 1010010 101 101000010 110 110110 01101011100 101011010100 1 10 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; through is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines through is repeated).

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  • summary of Vietnam Classic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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