This is an analysis of the poem Fussing To Stay Stuck To Images that begins with:

Fussing to stay stuck to images.
And this teaching keeps us cursed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB DCDB BBDB EEFE DCDB ABCB BBDBXEEFE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100110100 1010111 010111011 01000100111 111100101 001010101101 1110000100 001011101000 1010101101 11010101011 11001011101 11010111101 11101001 1101011 11100110001 111001001111 111100101 001010101101 1110000100 001011101000 100110100 1010111 010111011 01000100111 1010101101 11010101011 11001011101 11010111101 11101001 1101011 11100110001 111001001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; to, from are repeated.

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  • summary of Fussing To Stay Stuck To Images;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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