This is an analysis of the poem More Critiqued Than Paid Attention that begins with:
Many words are written to be spoken and heard.
But is anybody listening? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX bXbbaXaX X b XXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 101110001011 101000100 110110100010 11011001011 001010110001 010001001101 1 01001000010101 1 00101010 10111010 11101001011000 1101011101 1 1010100101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 is repeated.
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- summary of More Critiqued Than Paid Attention;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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