This is an analysis of the poem Questions that begins with:
What is the secret of your life, browsing ox,
Ox the sweet grass eating?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbabcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ottava rima
- Metre: 10010011101 101110 1101010011 1111110 10010011101 1110010 11110111110 01110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Questions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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