This is an analysis of the poem Why Disappear Into Formless Trance? that begins with:

O wavering mind,
awaken your upward-flowing awareness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd aeaeac dfgbXd XcXXfhgdeadX hdahXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,12,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 01011010010 010011001010 1101010 101110010 001110111 010101 1101 0111011011 01010011 110101010 11101010010100 11010101010 010100 10110101001 0111010 101010001010 101000010101 1100111010 10010100 010010 10010010010 1010100100 01011101 010001010 110101010 110100101 11010100100 01000010101000 0101000101 10010110 0101001010 1111 1101001010 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Why Disappear Into Formless Trance?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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