This is an analysis of the poem Topiary that begins with:
Failing sometimes to understand
Why there are folk whose flesh should seem...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcaXXXXcXdaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 10010101 11111111 110010101 110011110 11001001 111101101 100111010 0111110 1001110100 111111 1100010101 11001010011011 110010010011 110101000110111 100111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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- summary of Topiary;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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