This is an analysis of the poem 'Believed' To Be Behind Faked Walls that begins with:

Darker currents appear to unnerve and disturb.
Coming as they do......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDEF g XdccX XCXC ghfh XCXC CDH ABCCDEF XXCDH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,5,4,4,4,3,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001101 10111 011010 101110111 1010001011010 101000101101 110101101101 011111101 10001 100011 110001 010001110110 01 1010010100110010 1001010010110 1010010100110010 1001010010110 100101010 0101101 110010101 001010011101 1010010100110010 1001010010110 1010010100110010 1001010010110 1100100000111 1010001010 10110101010001010 101001001101 10111 011010 101110111 1010001011010 101000101101 110101101101 1010010100110010 1100100000111 1010001010 10110101010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, and, power are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words still, and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of 'Believed' To Be Behind Faked Walls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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