This is an analysis of the poem What Is— that begins with:
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What is—"Paradise"—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XaXXXX XaXa XbXXXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10100000 111 111000 11100 1111001000 1111101 111101001000 0011101 11111111 1111111 11111010 110100001 10111110 111011100 1110100011 10011111 1010001110 1110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word do is repeated.
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- summary of What Is—;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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