This is an analysis of the poem In Goya's Greatest Scenes We Seem to See . . . that begins with:

In Goya's greatest scenes we seem to see
the people of the world ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbbXXcddXXcdeXfa X a dddfXaXdc Xddcde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,1,1,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011101 010001 01010101 11010100 1001000 110101 0010001 00100 11 100101101 10011 0101110101 1111111 10010 010101001 1101010010 00 010100100 111101 00101101010 111 1001101 11110101 11101 111101010 110110 101001 1111011 1010100 10111 10101000100100 0111010 1111100 0101 1111101 110 10100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and are repeated.

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  • summary of In Goya's Greatest Scenes We Seem to See . . .;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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