This is an analysis of the poem 2 Flies that begins with:
The flies are angry bits of life;
why are they so angry?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcadeffcaghbgccdhiijikkbdcllgmjlXgkilXeeadjimXkcbXngkkkifjndbjXbmcehbjilccmiiccejjlXjgbkem
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 92,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 111110 01111 0111101 110 1111 00111 11001 00 1111 01100 001010 1101 11011 1101010 110111 0 11010110 10101 10010001 0111 01010101 1111011 1010 1010 101 1111 11011 10110010 100101 110 11 1110101 1101001 001010 11010 101010 011 1101 1001001 10110010 101 11100 00101 111 010011 1001 0010 01111 01 0111 1000 111 001110 10 10 10 11010 1101010 111011 1111101 1001 11101 111101 01101 11001 01100 0101101 11011 110100 11111 1101 1011 1010011 10111 0 01001 010 10110 10111 1 01011 11 1010 101001 1111 011 1110010 001 1010 001 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1768
- Average number of words per stanza: 342
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, striking, something are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines striking is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase striking connects the lines.
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- summary of 2 Flies;
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- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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