This is an analysis of the poem An Emptiness Collected (Things) that begins with:

Things,
People pray for....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabaXcabaaccbXaXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011 1 101 1 101010 1111101 1 110101 1 1111 11110101111 1110010110 1101 0 011 10100100 1 01100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; things, they are repeated.

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  • summary of An Emptiness Collected (Things);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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