This is an analysis of the poem Lines that begins with:
IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXbccbddeddefgfgXdXXhdhddbdbabaXbXiXXicd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,40,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100010 11110101100 11010101110 1111101101 10111101110 01100011010 1101110111 1110110001 1101011101 0101110011 111101011 111101011 1111010101 1001010011 100101011 101110101001 1001111101 1100111011 0111100101 10010101010 1101001010 1101011101 1101011101 1101011111 1100110101 1111010111 1100110011 1101110101 0111110111 1111111101 1000110101 1101101111 111001110 1111110101 11010101110 1101110101 01010111100 01010101010 1111110101 1111001100 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 888
- Average number of words per stanza: 163
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, of, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'tis, there are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Lines;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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