This is an analysis of the poem Listen To Hear With Ears Clear that begins with:

Sit.
Even though the doing of it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABCADAeadcfccdgX aehaABCADAiiegchf jdddjfdgaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,17,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101000 11101 01101010010 101011 111110 0111 100101110 1 10010100101 1010011101 001001 1001001001101 0001101001110 1111 0101111001 111100 11 1101 01011001010 0001000101 10101000 11101 01101010010 101011 111110 0111 1001101 11101101 0011001 110101 010011101 0011010010100 10101 11001 01010111 110010101 111010101011 1110110 001001010 111100010 0101101101 110011101 11010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word just at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Listen To Hear With Ears Clear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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