This is an analysis of the poem Current Is The Event that begins with:

Current is the activity,
To witness in its existence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDCEFGH Efcifcj ABCDCEFGH CBfciJCJXCBcfJCJCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,9,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000100 01000010 100001 001010 10011 1000101 001101110 1000101 1110101010 1000101 001010100110 100011001 100100101 1000101 110101 10011111010 10000100 01000010 100001 001010 10011 1000101 001101110 1000101 1110101010 100001 0101010 1010110 00100101 1101 10010111011 111010 110010101011 100001 0101010 01101 1 10010111011 111010 110010101011 100001 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; as, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word current at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Current Is The Event;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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