This is an analysis of the poem Yes? that begins with:
THE words of the lips are double or single,
True or false, as we say or sing: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001110110 11111111 10100111110 111100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.
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- summary of Yes?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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