This is an analysis of the poem Just To Be On The Surface that begins with:
Some do their 'ooohhhs and aaahhhs'
Over the appearance of things....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXa XXa bab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 10001001 00101010 001011000 10010111 110001 1011001010 01111111 01011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to is repeated.
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- summary of Just To Be On The Surface;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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