This is an analysis of the poem Difficult To Stop that begins with:

Lieing is difficult to stop.
Especially......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCD XeXcbecXXXfXAbCDdcfece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 0100 001000 10101011 10101 1100001 011001 110010100 001110 10100100 01111 10010001 0101001 1110111 11011 1010001 0100 001000 10101011 11010101 1111000101 111010111 01110101111 11001000 1110011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines life is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Difficult To Stop;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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