This is an analysis of the poem The Mutes that begins with:
Those groans men use
passing a woman on the street...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX Xb cdd e dfe X cgX baa fh XXc gab Xef bcX hhd dX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,1,3,1,3,3,2,3,3,3,3,3,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 10010101 11010011 01010011 11110 110101 1100111 1010011 11110 11101010 01001001010 101001 011 11110 110101111 101001001 10010 0101011 1010010 10110011 011001 011010010 10011110 10101011 01000110 1010011 1011 01110001 01001001 01100100100 1010 111010110 01100 1111 101111 1001101010 11010 110110111 01100 01100 0110
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; language, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, without are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase language connects the lines.
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- summary of The Mutes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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