This is an analysis of the poem Around And Around And Around that begins with:

Although my comments were specifically stated.
A comprehension that was mentioned, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCdADA EBDAABCXADAdcX EBDdXefXaeccffgXg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,17,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010010 010101110 11110101011001 1111010010 0101010010010 111111 111111 10110111 100101101010 101001010 1100100001111 111100010010 010101110 11110101011001 1111010010 010101000111 111111 111111 10110111 1 010111 11101 100101101010 101001010 1100100001111 10110110111 101 1001 101010001011 10101 1011001001 101110011 11100110100101 110101010 0101 111101101 10100101 0100011100 00111001 11111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Around And Around And Around;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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