This is an analysis of the poem The Terms In Which I Think Of Reality that begins with:

Reality is a question
of realizing how real ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc cbb cac dea afb bda bgf XXa dgg baa hed chc eaX hgX eXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000010 0101011 010010 100100 10010100 101110 010100 010010 1010100 101111 10101 11111 00111 111101 110010 1101010 111011 101010 010100 11111 011010 1001011 000101000 110001010 01010110 0100011 11101 0101001 1101010 1010010 0100100 011101 0010111 1110010 111011 000100110 01001101 0101001 1101001 011111 10101001 1110101 0100001 1100010 1001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Terms In Which I Think Of Reality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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