This is an analysis of the poem The Meaning Of The Look that begins with:
I think that look of Christ might seem to say--
'Thou Peter ! art thou then a common stone... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacdXdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011101 1101110101 1111111101 1111001101 1111001101 11110101111 1001110101 1111010101 0111011101 0101011101 111101010 1110011111 1101110101 0111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 The Meaning Of The Look;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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