This is an analysis of the poem Gravitas that begins with:
Sir?
I hate to disturb you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadbbe eX fgh X hi X aefXcgjd X ficX X eXXbejfg gkcX X XXXeX j hgX aXfXX Xbcif g kX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,3,1,2,1,8,1,4,1,8,4,1,5,1,3,5,5,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 110011 111010 1 010110 11011 01001 110100 101001 11 101010 1 11101 111 11 01 100 1 01001011 1111111 011010 011011 1 111110 1110 10 1110011000101 01001 000100101010 11111010010010 111101101 1111101010 110110011 10000100 100010101011 110100010 11010010 11100 1110101101 1101000010 101001101 11111 0101011101 10 1 010000100111 111001010010 1000 11101010 1 101 11010 1111 1 11100 01100 011011101 10110001 1 1 110 0110010110 001001010 10 11110101 1110111001
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; door, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they are repeated.
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- summary of Gravitas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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