This is an analysis of the poem In The Hopes To Them An Attention Is Given that begins with:

I am not one into pretense.
Or those with expertise in playing, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXX XdCcX eeaeX ABCXX dCaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 110101010 1100101 0001010011 10101101 1110010 1010101 000111 0010001010 001001010010 1111011001 11011010 01010111 0110100010 101001011 11110001 110101010 1100101 11011001 1110 11010101 000111 110111110 10110 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase petty connects the lines.

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  • summary of In The Hopes To Them An Attention Is Given;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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