This is an analysis of the poem Committed To Meaning that begins with:
Difficult it can be.
And often is....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdebbefdcg XehX Xbbibffibb cXfbcc XegbXXcihd X cigaaieXa Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,10,6,10,1,9,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010 1100 0111 1001100 001001 100010 100110 01011001 10100100101 00101 1101101 110101011 1 1111 11101 010100101 1 10000 0110010 110100101 11111111 110110101 0110100 011110110101 101001 10100101001 1000001110011 010010 100000111001 11100101000 01010101 11110100011100 01110 01 1 111111 111010 00010010001 0101011010 111111010111 110011010101 01110101011 110101011000 11111 11111111001 11001001 01101001 01110110101 11010110111001 010111 1101001000 110101 01110 01
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, god, it, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word amen is repeated.
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- summary of Committed To Meaning;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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