This is an analysis of the poem Having No Fear To 'Appear' To Be Stupid that begins with:
Taking in hand a pen to write,
But not knowing where to begin......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcdeXf Aafefff XX dX X ede XX Xeeb X Xae XXcfba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,2,1,3,2,4,1,3,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 11101001 110010 1010101 1101101 011001010 1010101101 10010101 001101100 1001101 1001001101 10100100010 11010100101 11011010001 1101010 11101 010010010 000101 1111000011 11100101 10010101 110100 110101111 10101 11011110 001001100101 01101010 1111010010 11110011 1001001 101111 01100110 101011 1010010 10110100010 1110111 0010010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.
The author used the same word taking at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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