This is an analysis of the poem Behind Those Denials Kept that begins with:
The more we try to hide behind those denials kept,
The louder out tears are heard......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXa cbXa cXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111010110101 0101111 001001111 0100110 01001101011 01001101010011 001011101 10011100 10101 1101000101 0111111101 010010011010101 10010010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines manifest is repeated).
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- summary of Behind Those Denials Kept;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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