This is an analysis of the poem For At Least Two Or Three Weeks A Month that begins with:

I feel there is nothing upsetting.
Nothing at all......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcXcXa XaXcXXXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010 1011 01010011 10100100 111011 001100000 100110 01001010101 111010111 1111001110 1111 10110011 010011 11101001 011010101 101001011 11111101001 11111110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of For At Least Two Or Three Weeks A Month;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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