This is an analysis of the poem Depictions To Pay For Their Fears that begins with:

There will always be those,
From behind their windows and closed doors......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAA bcaaddefbbXga AAAAaba X d X f fX ed hacgeeX id ihgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,13,7,1,1,1,1,2,2,7,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101101 001110111 1010000111010 110101 01010110101101 11010111 01110101 110010101 1011010001110 101 010101001 1100010010010 1100101 100011 101010100001 11010111 100111010010 101101 001110111 1010000111010 110101 001000101 11101101100100 01001111 101111 1 1100101110 1010 110101010011 1101100 1 1111010 11001101 10101 101010001001 11 011 11110111010101 1010 11 111101110 101 0101101 01 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hello connects the lines.

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  • summary of Depictions To Pay For Their Fears;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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