This is an analysis of the poem Extremely Personal that begins with:
Is it big?
How big is it? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XA X b XbX bcdA XbX Xd XXaXX bXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,3,4,3,2,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 1100 11 11 1 111 1111110011 101101 0111111 110 1100 1 111011011 101011111 10 101110 101 1010111001 01010010 111101 010100 1 1 1 011 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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.
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- summary of Extremely Personal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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