This is an analysis of the poem I Want My Reality On A Gradual Basis that begins with:

You want this high or low?
'What? '...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX Xbbc XdXdc aXe ebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11 0100100 11010110 110101 111 101001 11101011 11 1110001 1111001011010 1011001011 01111000 1111 111001 11101011 11101001010010 0101 1111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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  • summary of I Want My Reality On A Gradual Basis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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