This is an analysis of the poem Idle that begins with:
Suicidal.
Idle....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbCDEC ffXfdfg cXdbhf bXXXX gffaabcadhf fXbfh aaXbCDEC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,5,11,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 10 11100 1 101 101110100 110011 101 10001 1001 1011 100111 100101 10011 1010101 1010101 10110 10110101 1010101101 0101011 11011101001 110001010 1010101 1111111101 011101001 0110101 11010111 0110011 1010101 11101111010 110 1 1 1010 10101011010 1101010011 101010001 101001101010 1010011011001 01010100110 0111 01100001 1010 10 11100 1 101 101110100 110011 101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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- summary of Idle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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