This is an analysis of the poem August 8th that begins with:
Listen here. I've never played it safe
in spite of what the critics say....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc XcXXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110101 01010101 11010101011 111111101 11111111111 1111111010 110111111 00101111101 11001111 11010101010 1100011111 1011010101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, up are repeated.
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- summary of August 8th;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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