This is an analysis of the poem Talking Xx that begins with:
And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."
And he answered, saying: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b X c X X X c X b a d cXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110101100100 111010 111110011011 11111101001010111101111000101011 1010110100110 1100101100101100101011101 1110111101001101001 0100100001011110111101 111111101101110101110111101 111111010101110101 00100111010101010 11111101110010110100111110111 10101111001001 10101010111010010010 101000101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 79 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, your, of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Talking Xx;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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