This is an analysis of the poem Homosexuality that begins with:
So we are taking off our masks, are we, and keeping
our mouths shut? as if we'd been pierced by a glance!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bX cb cb Xb de cX af eX fd XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111011111110 11110101101 0101110111010 1010101111101 111011011101 11111010110010 001011011111 01011011111001 01010110110010 00010111110101 111111001111 01111110101 001010000111 00110100101001 0001110101100 1110101011100 101100101110 111001111011 110100110101101 00110111001011 1000101100101 11100101110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Homosexuality;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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