This is an analysis of the poem Can You Feel It that begins with:

Can you feel it.
To understand and be candid....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbBcaDBd aXbbX AaXXaXX aacaa ABADBbbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,7,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 01011010 010101 10001 111010 0100101 110011 110111 1111010 101100 10111 111 1111100 1110 010101 1010010 01000100 0100111 011 100 11110 0110101 11111 11001 0111 1110 010101 1110 0100101 110011 1011 0111001 1101 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Can You Feel It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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