This is an analysis of the poem I Don'T Pretend To Be Detached that begins with:

From my doorstep I witness.
With an interest to experience, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbcXd addcEFXAAbdEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 0110000100 1 1111001 110001 11001 0111001 1010100 11010001 11101 11101110 1111 0111110 0110000100 1 1101 11101110 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Don'T Pretend To Be Detached;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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