This is an analysis of the poem Dependent On Impressions Made that begins with:

Some stay stuck in their party ways.
Floating along not to move on....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXcBDabbab BDBXBDBacXX BECcE BECcE ABDaBXBECcE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 10011011 1101101 0110 10011011 110101 1101 110011011 1001011 11011 11101 1000001001 0111101 1000001001 0111 1000001001 0111101 1000001001 01 01 10 101 01010101 01010101 01010101 1 1010 01010101 01010101 01010101 1 1010 11101101 10011011 110101 1111 10011011 01010101 01010101 01010101 1 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, on, dependent are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word dependent is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word aging at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Dependent On Impressions Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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