This is an analysis of the poem Keeping The Mind And Body Healthy that begins with:
I remember once being driven with interest,
To several aspects of the performing arts....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcXd eeXbf ghbea cbcaXc eeibjaXadj aaag X bba ecaea XadXbaeb ABicahagabX eiaX XiX bdf heXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,10,4,1,3,5,8,11,4,3,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110100100 010011000101 000100110111 011010010100 10101100100 11000 1110010 011010100111 011001001 1101110100111011 10101011 01000010 010100 10010100 11010101 11110101110 1101001 100101111 101001111101 1100101 010011010111 111100101011 11111001110 110010111101010 11100111010 111 101 1101000 11100 001010110110 1 1111 1000101011 1111010 1101101101 111101 1 1100 11100 11111101011 01110001 010100010001 100000101101000 1011100 11101010100 11101011 1101111010100100 10100101010 011011011 111001001 11010111 110001100 1010110100100 010011000101 111001100101 1111111 1010001010100 00101010 110011 01111 01001110101 100010 111100 11110 011 0100101100101 00110111010100 10100 011 10100 111 1010 11101 111011010 01010100110 111000 11101110
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, yes are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, i, the are repeated.
The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Keeping The Mind And Body Healthy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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