This is an analysis of the poem Kept Just As It Is that begins with:

Revealing who sits in pits with demons,
Is currently being exposed to those......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaccacX XaXcabbcccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101101010 0100100101 110101001101 10111 0010101110 01110101 011110101111 10111010 11010101 0111110010001 110 1111101 10010101 10011011 0001011011100 1010110100100010 0100111111010 11011010101 11001001110 10111110101 01010000101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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  • summary of Kept Just As It Is;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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