This is an analysis of the poem Definitions As An Intention To Describe that begins with:
Definitions as an intention to describe,
Can be so confining to the mind....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXbcde eaeba XXbba dbdfadXg XXXf ehah ahXdcaXbabXX fbeadaXX ehecgi jcij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,8,4,4,12,8,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011010001 101010001 101 10010010 1 011011010 1010101100 0100101 101011101 1001 11110111 1111010010 1101011011 10001110 010111 111001 0101 110010111 01101 111011 11 11 01 11 1110101 0111 100 110100 101000100 1100101 01001001 0010 01111101 1101011 11101 1010011001 11 1010111 11010110 01001001 100 0101 010101 10 1101010 1100101 0101 110100100101 0110000100 0111001 11101011 1110 11 00101 1 101 10111 1010011 11001 00010 11110010100100 0010 111010 1111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, no are repeated.
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