This is an analysis of the poem Before That Demon In Me Appears that begins with:
See my foot?
See how it lifts? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaa bXccdcXXX dbcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1101 111110 0101 111 11101 1111101 10010111 11010100 0011111 11000010 10110011 0100101 11101 10011 0101 111111 011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Before That Demon In Me Appears;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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