This is an analysis of the poem ~ask Him~ that begins with:
Something 'supernatural' happens.
Unexplained yet too eventful....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcXddbde F AGAG F ggegedhXhe F AGAG F AgghcXgaXdd cdXaX cfXFdXib FaiXF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,4,1,10,1,4,1,11,5,8,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101000010 10111010 1101111 00101000011010 0110100111 1001010010010 1110111 111010 001001111110 11 101000010 0101011001 001101 110001 11 11011011010 10101010101001 11001 00100111010110 11101011101 1001101010 1111011010101 00111 01000101 01101001 11 101000010 0101011001 001101 110001 11 101000010 101011101010 1110110010 110000101001 0101111001 101101101 0101000101010 0101010 11101100000110 101101100 001101001010 1111 0111111100 10111 000010000100 111111111011 111 111101101 11110100 11 11010 11101100 0111110001 10 11 1110101110 11111011101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word ask at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of ~ask Him~;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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