This is an analysis of the poem A Thick Head To Hit Against Bricks that begins with:

Underneath a wealth of knowledge,
I am 'suspected' to have......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD ECcf cecf DDGG ABCD ECbfX DDGGXEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1110001 11000100100 10100111 101010010010 101101011 11111010 01011111 10101000101 1110100010 001010011101 10101110 11001101011 01001010010001 00010110101101111 01011110100010101 10101010 1110001 11000100100 10100111 101010010010 101101011 01000101110011 011101010100010010 00100110010110100010 11001101011 01001010010001 00010110101101111 01011110100010101 101010010010 101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of A Thick Head To Hit Against Bricks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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