This is an analysis of the poem How Is It Possible that begins with:

How is it possible to lay blame,
And not profess to be near......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXXcdcXdcABCXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100011 1101001 01010 10010001010 11011010 0010100001001 1011010 010100110101 1011111 1010101010 101001111001 100100011 1101001 01010 11110101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 539
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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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  • summary of How Is It Possible;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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