This is an analysis of the poem Corrosion that begins with:
Corrosion.
Knee deep, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBABACACd aBABACACd AaXX XaBABACACd AeebaBABaBAcaBABaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,4,10,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 11 0010 101 0010 101 1010 10101 101 010 11 0010 101 0010 101 1010 10101 101 1101 10101 011000 111010 100 010 11 0010 101 0010 101 1010 10101 101 1101 1101 01110101 11011101 010 1111 0010 1111 010 1111 0010 11110111 0010 1111 0010 1111 010 100 001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Corrosion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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