This is an analysis of the poem It Only Stalls The Undoing that begins with:
Deepening in the quicksand of lies,
Does not raise truth......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXabcddbXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 100001101 1111 0111 01010 1010100 010010010010 1111 0101001011 01000100 0100111001 110010010101 0101000110110111 0101001001110 111001 1010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It Only Stalls The Undoing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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