This is an analysis of the poem Highly Competitive that begins with:
I 'had' been in those relationships,
With those who thought of me as competition....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XabaabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010101 01110111010 1101010010 1110010101 11 11011010010 111010101 111010 10011101 111001 1110 111001001101 110100110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 Highly Competitive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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