This is an analysis of the poem Balancing Acts that begins with:
Some people enjoy performing balancing acts.
And do so while sitting on a fence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110010101001 111110101 110010010001 0101010101 0010010 1100010011 111010011011 111010110101000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as are repeated.
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- summary of Balancing Acts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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