This is an analysis of the poem Examined From A Distance that begins with:

When people fixed with allowed stubbornness,
Have gone overboard......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCcadX BEEFbbcadggX ABCfXXa fACDCCCBCCC ACDCBHCC BEEF AbfCBHCC AF AF AFXBHCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,7,11,8,4,8,2,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001100 11101 01001101010 1101111001010 1001010010100 11010001110010 100011101010 1000100110101 010010101 101011001100 0101110000101 1010 00111000101101 01101010010110 01001010001 01100101 001010111001010 0100010 0101010100 1101001100 11101 01001101010 101011010001011 110000010 11110010001 0100101110100010 01110 0100010 0101 0011010 1111 101 101 0011010 1111 101 101 0100010 0101 0011010 1111 0011010 1111 101 101 1000100110101 010010101 101011001100 0101110000101 0100010 0101 110000101 1111 0010010 1111 101 101 0100010 0101110000101 0100010 0101110000101 0100010 0101110000101 0010010 1111 101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words done, seas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Examined From A Distance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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