This is an analysis of the poem Untitled: Back They Sputter that begins with:

Back they sputter like the fires of love, the bees to their broken home
Which they're putting together again for dear life, knowing nothing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bcXXXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010010101101 1110010011111010 001101011101110 0100111111110110 01011101000110011 101011110110111 111110010101011110 010110000110001010 011011111100110 0101010111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Untitled: Back They Sputter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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