This is an analysis of the poem Just Ask The Question that begins with:
Each step I take to make,
Is not guaranteed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abccabd efXbXg hcbcgbhbc ediijj jXicXcckfk Aihckd bhfbbX eidkkbih GhajcabX GGGGXGGGG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,9,6,10,6,6,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101 01101 00010101 011011 10111 010010110011 1110011001000 110101110 010110010 10101010 011110 11010 1010101 11101 101101110 010101 11010001 1101101 11110011010 11101110 011011 111101 110101110 1010010010100 111001 1110010111 0010001 10101100101 01 1010101011 0100010001101 101011001 1011011101 110110101 01001111101 1101001011 1111101 1100110101111 111101 01010101001 010010101010 1010100100 010100100111 101010100010100 101011 1110100101 1001001011101 111010000111 01111011010 1010101010 01100111101 01101101 11010110100 1111001 1011 111011011010 111011011010 1111000011101 11010 110100011101 0111101 001 1001 111011001001 001 1101 11010 110010101010 11101011010 110010101010 11010 110010101010 11101011010 110010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word are is repeated.
The author used the same words i, just at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word connection at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Just Ask The Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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