This is an analysis of the poem Mixed Signals that begins with:
The onslaught of truth,
Is not a perceived activity to pursue....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB de ABCB XeXe dXcc cXcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01101 010010100001 001110100 00110001001 11010010011 1111001011010001 01101 010010100001 001110100 00110001001 100010 0101101010101 00111 11001 110010010110 0010000 010111010 11110100 101000101 1101010000110 101 010101010 0010011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, the are repeated.
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 Mixed Signals;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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