This is an analysis of the poem Erratic that begins with:
They can not grasp
The onslaught of thought! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaabbabaacaXaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 01101 010 010010 111001 1011000111 1110010 001010 101011 01010010 101011101 0100100101011 1010110 10100101 01011 10111011 111010 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 511
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Erratic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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