This is an analysis of the poem Looking For The Nearest Exit that begins with:
I say, I didn't.
And yet, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAXB XaccdXdea X AAAXB XaX edbX XX ba Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,1,5,3,4,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 11 1101 001010000 11011111 0101101 111101011 101001 1001011101 1 111110111 10110001010 11 1110101001010 11 11110 11 1101 001010000 11011111 1 101011 1111 1 111010001 1011101010 1100011 111011 111 1111101011 1110001001 1 11100010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
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- summary of Looking For The Nearest Exit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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