This is an analysis of the poem Lit Too Bright To Spot The Sleaze that begins with:

My back is not the one up against a fence.
I have not been convinced, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXdXaceaeXbbdb EeEDbEeEDBEEEDXEEDBEEEDEEDEEDEED
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110101 111001 0101101 1101 101110111010 101010101 101 010101 0101001101 010110110101 11011111011 11110101 11 111010011 11010001 111010001 001010101001 1110101 0 110100010 110100010 100 1110101 0 110100010 110100010 00 1110101 110 110100010 110100010 110 110100010 110100010 00 1110101 110 110100010 110100010 110 110100010 110100010 110 110100010 110100010 110 110100010 110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; that, which are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word discovered at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Lit Too Bright To Spot The Sleaze;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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