This is an analysis of the poem Generalities that begins with:
Generalities have never appealed to me,
Specifically....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdecc efbcfgdh gedXiX fiaXddae efdghhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001100101 0100 110011010 1001000111 010000101 1100100 010101100101 10001011100001 110010010010 0010010010 1010101001 10101000001 101010110 110011010 0100010010010 110010100101 1110010000100 110101000101 111101010 11010110 1010110010 010001 10010 111110010 0010100 111110001 111101 001000010010 01010010100 010101001 11110 00010100010 110100 11011101000 11101 101100111 10011000
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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