This is an analysis of the poem Is There A Legal Ground that begins with:
Is there a legal ground?
One can stand on to feel safe and sound....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaAaA baXb AbaaA aXXXAaAA aAAXaAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,8,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 111101111 010101 11101111001 010101 1101 1001 10111 010001 010101 101 1101 1101 010101 110010 101000100 0010111 1010101 010101 01 001 010101 01 001 010101 01 001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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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