This is an analysis of the poem Be Pro-Active that begins with:
Smoozed by gloss?
Rushing to buff up the gleam that shines? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXabbbc deedc XccXXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 100110111 0101101110010 110101001 1101010010 01101111100010 100011101 110010100001 100100110001001 11010101011010 11010 100100101 0011001011 111001110100010 10101010 0111 111101110 10101001010 1100110000111 0110011010101 1101100100 0110 100010001101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
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