This is an analysis of the poem Is It The Image? that begins with:
If there are those who remain afraid,
To be brave enough to declare who they are......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcXccc XdadcaaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011110101 00101001111 010110111 101000110001 1 111001101001 0001000100011 0011010 00010 100100010101 1100100101001 1110001 1101100100011 1111010010 0101001010 1000010101100101 1110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, to, they are repeated.
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- summary of Is It The Image?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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