This is an analysis of the poem Endangered Are These Species that begins with:

I see many things and most are facts.
Others I see, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC DAEAFGhh ABC IGFDF DAEAFG ACXhXhXf DAEAFG ACX ABC IGFDF h ABC DAFGXa ABCDXif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,3,5,6,8,6,3,3,5,1,3,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011111 1011 111001011 01011101 10001 11011 101010101 0101001001 0110010100 00101000101010 1001000010000101 111011111 1011 111001011 10101011010 110100 101010100 01100110 110101010100 01011101 10001 11011 101010101 0101001001 0110010100 100101111101 1001000110111 100010 0110100101 11101001 00100101001 100110101 001110111110101 01011101 10001 11011 101010101 0101001001 0110010100 100101111101 1001000110111 100010 111011111 1011 111001011 10101011010 110100 101010100 01100110 110101010100 1001110001 111011111 1011 111001011 01011101 101010101 0101001001 0110010100 1100010 1001010100101 111011111 1011 111001011 01011101 010001000 01101001010 010101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, to, gone, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, gone, endangered are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Endangered Are These Species;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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