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

Thought is an unseen net wherein our mind
Is taken and vainly struggles to be free:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc dddddddd ebebfefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010110111 01011010001 1111110111 1101111100 1101110101 11001110111 10011011101 1100110101 1111110111 11010010011 11010111001 0101011101 0111110111 01000100101 11001101111 1001010001 1111110011 10110101011 1000100101001 10111111011 11010100101 010101000101 0111110111 11101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; our, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Stanzas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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