This is an analysis of the poem The Need that begins with:
We were sittin' there,
and smokin' of our pipes, discussin' things...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbcdceff bgagXbXbXfXf bbXbfdddXfhf faeaebhbbfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,12,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 1100111001 1101110 101001001 11111010 0011101 101110101 111111 100101110 011111 101010101010111 11010101010 111 00101111 1110111 11111011 1110001 00101011 1010011 10111110 0010001 1101010 1010101 1101110 11100101 110111010 10101 111111111 010101 1101 1100110011 001111 1001101 10101011 1011001 111010100110 111 10101010 10011101 01101010 1010101 111010010 1011111 11100010 1110001 101010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', to are repeated.
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- summary of The Need;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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