This is an analysis of the poem Can You Describe What That Is that begins with:
Okay class!
Which of the following, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbacaa X XXc XX Xb cX X cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,3,2,2,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 100100 010100100 0101011001 110010001011 111010111001 1111101101011 110101 11 0 100 11100100110101 1111011110011 11100101 11100100100 1111010101 110010001011 0100011101 11 1101110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; one is repeated.
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