This is an analysis of the poem In That Mood To Pursue that begins with:

I'm in that mood.
In that mood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABBC AABBDC BXXeee AABBC AABBDC Bffe AABBDC b AddgHgH AABBCcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,5,6,4,6,1,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011 011 001 11 111110101 0011 011 001 11 111 110101 111010111 10011 1000 10110001 011110100 111101011111 0011 011 001 11 111110101 0011 011 001 11 111 110101 111010111 100 001001 10111101 0011 011 001 11 111 110101 1111011111 0011 11 111001 01 11000111 1101 11000111 0011 011 001 11 111110101 011111011 111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mood is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word prove at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of In That Mood To Pursue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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