This is an analysis of the poem The Transparent Man that begins with:
I'm mighty glad to see you, Mrs. Curtis,
And thank you very kindly for this visit--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefXagahijXdhkliifilmanogbjanenoinfkhbcopfbfjXejkcXXielalfffaXnXikenXfbnimljipcnfghXkpfikdhdfddhabdfkjiXffXlkbkpdaie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 119,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010111010 11110101010 01001110101 110101100111 01001001001 0100101101110 11110111100 11111111010 1001011101011 1111011101 0101011010100 0011011111 1111001111 1101110010011 111000101010 1111110101110 11110111100 10010101010 11011101111 11010101111 11111010100 11111101001 101010110101 01110111110 1111111011 1110101011110 111111101111 110111101101 1111111111 1101011101 010101100101 11110111010 11110100101 101101011010 1001001101 01010100011 0101100010 1001010111 1011001101 1001010100 10111011111 1111011111 110110101010 0111110111 0111001111 01010011001 111101101010 11111101101 111010111010 1111010101 110111111111 0111011101 11011111101 10010001000 01100100010 1111111000 1111011001 10011010111 11110100010 001001000101 1101111001 1011010100 01101101010 1111010101 1101011101 00110100110 1011001101 01111011101 01011111010 10110110101 11011101010 01111101010 01101001001010 101001010111 010011111110 10101111101 01011010010100 11011100101 1001110101 10000110101 010010111101 1101011101 101110111010 11010110100 1011101111 100110111000 0111010100 1111010101 10110111111 100111101001 10110111010 1111011001 0010101010010 11110101111010 110010111010 0101010101 11010100010 010101001000 01010011100 0101001100 01010111010 01110100101 0101000100 1001001101 01100100111 10101010101 01010101010 11010101001 01001010001 0101010100 1101011001110 10111010001 10010101011 0111110101 1111010110 111111111010 1101010111 11101010111 11111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5284
- Average number of words per stanza: 965
- Amount of lines: 119
- 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, i, of, she, that, it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, it are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of The Transparent Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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