This is an analysis of the poem At The Center Of The Cause that begins with:
It's not just one thing.
It's the accumulation of many things, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDAX BDEFGH EBXd ABCDAX BDEFGHXEB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111 00010100101 01000100101 001001101 0001011011 0101010100 10101011 0100010010110 0010100 1101001101001 1001001011 10101011 110010010 0110011010001 010010001010100 1010 01111 00010100101 01000100101 001001101 0001011011 0101010100 10101011 0100010010110 0010100 1101001101001 1001001011 10101011 110010010 0110011010001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's 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 At The Center Of The Cause;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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