This is an analysis of the poem Beneath Bridges Burned that begins with:
I can not say,
I have an ability......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcaXddefbgh ijfkkekiccgl Xcfklj fmX hhffc XXmkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,6,3,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1110100 0110101 11011101 11111 111010 10010001 1101 01000100 1001011 101000 0111 11100110 1110100101 1110101 0101000101 0111001 10101001 1 0111011001 1 1010111101 010101011 010101 11010000101 1010010 11101 11001101 1010101 1100011001 010010001001 111101 111011010 0010111101 1010101111 1101 101011 01101 011110010 11110 11010 010 10011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 i is repeated.
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- summary of Beneath Bridges Burned;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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