This is an analysis of the poem Without A Title that begins with:
So aloof, so meek in your ways,
Now you're fire, you're pure combustion....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XXba cbXb XbXb Xcac Xdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111011 111011010 101111110 11100110 11100111 1010001010 10110101 111011111 11111001 111011010 00110011 111101110 10111101 1111110010 111011110 001011010 11100101 1011010010 11101111 1010010110 11100101 1110100010 111001011 111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
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- summary of Without A Title;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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