This is an analysis of the poem The Visible, The Untrue that begins with:

Yes, I being
the terrible puppet of my dreams, shall... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabccX cdXaXc XbdX eXcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 0100100111 10011 0110010101 10101111 010 110101101010 011111 01010 110111011 11010100 01010 11100 01110 0101010 1011 10011001 1011111 01011001 010001011101 1110011 1111001011 1001101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of The Visible, The Untrue;
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