This is an analysis of the poem Flat On Their Backs that begins with:
Caught up in confusion has them glued,
To refuse a leaving of their permanent traps....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb XXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010101 001010011001 111101111 001001 1101111 1101111010 111010110101 010100101 01111001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; them is repeated.
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- summary of Flat On Their Backs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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