This is an analysis of the poem Focused And Fixed that begins with:
If I have done anything without intent to offend anyone,
With an unconsciousness to do it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABccdad cXecXf bbdcfd cdcdccX eABfcbfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111010101001100 011100010 01111100101 11010101101 001011101001 11111010001 1101111101110 1110101011101 10111101001000 11001111101 10011010011101 1001110100101101 0010001111010 10110100111 11101110100110010 11011010101 1000111111011 01111100001110 101111101110 110010111010 1010110010 0111111011010 11101110001 0111100110111 0010010001001111 1011101101001 1 01111010101001100 011100010 0111111010010 110101011011010 001011110010101 111010101111010 001100100011100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Focused And Fixed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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