This is an analysis of the poem An Arresting Sensation that begins with:
You fascinate and illuminate,
With such an arresting sensation....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXB XXBbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110100 011010010 1 11010111 1101000101101 01 01101 1111111 01 11 10101110 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of An Arresting Sensation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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