This is an analysis of the poem Depiction Of Understated Greatness that begins with:

With their inciting of infighting,
And backbiting done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac bbcXdec cfcb fd ddebXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100110 11101 110010 1101100001100 11100010 101101010 11011111010 1101011 00110100010110 01010001 01111 10 0 011 01 111 11101110010 11101011100100 0100101010 1 1111011010 0011100 100 1 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of Depiction Of Understated Greatness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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