This is an analysis of the poem Even In The Midst Of It that begins with:
What now can be said to those led to believe...
To have and to flaunt, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabca daXaDAEF fffc Xeeae aDAEFfbXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,4,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011001 01101 11001101 1010100100 0101001100 1101 110010 1001011 110111011010 1101110001 01101 110 00101010 011101 111111011 101011010010 111010011 0110 1110110 01010100 1101110 1000100 1101010 1 01101 110 00101010 011101 11001 100 001 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Even In The Midst Of It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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