This is an analysis of the poem An Action To Understand that begins with:
I am not surprised at all,
You find it difficult to understand....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXXcabaac XdX acaXXXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,3,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 1101000101 111101 101 001001010100 010111 0101101010 10110111 01101010 0111010101 11101101001 001011001001010 111101 01010101110 10111100 1010 10011010010 001010100010 01100101010 11010010011 111111101 100111100 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 An Action To Understand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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