This is an analysis of the poem Under The Surface that begins with:
AY, smile as you will, with your saintly face!
But I know the line ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc ddeeddddff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001101 11101 01101110101 11111 1010010101 1010110101 1110011101 0111011001 110011111 0100100101 1100110111 011110111 010110101 110100111 001011011 1001100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; as is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Under The Surface;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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