This is an analysis of the poem Gliding On The Surface that begins with:
There is nothing like being assessed,
By those who prefer to just......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaXcXb cdbddXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001 1110101 11101010 00101111 01110011001 001101 1111001 01111 1 100111101 00100101 1101101 010100101111 011001000 111000010010 1100011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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.
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- summary of Gliding On The Surface;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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