This is an analysis of the poem Equally Foul that begins with:
Sometimes it is easier to hide,
A red elephant in a closet....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXabccb aXdbXXdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010001 011000010 10100101 10100101 1 10010 01111010101 01010101 101111010 01101001 1011010100 1001101011 111 10111010010 100001101001 011011001 1 100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Equally Foul;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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