This is an analysis of the poem Ascending Is The Tension that begins with:

Ascending is the tension,
More mentioned on streets....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX Adbb ddXbeb Xceff AGCeeeXAGCddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010 11011 101001010 1011101 0100010 10101 1001010 0010101 11010 010001 1010101 101011 1 010100 111101 11010001 1010101 11000101 110001 0100010 110001 010111 010 010 1001010 0100010 110001 010111 010001 1001010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Ascending Is The Tension;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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