This is an analysis of the poem More Direct And Left Personal that begins with:

What do you think of the 'conclave'?
'The what? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aX XX bXcdbcdecdX eX XbXaX b fffaX fX fafaX X eedXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,11,2,5,1,5,2,5,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100100 11 011 01111 00100010 11 11010 100110 1101001010 010011 001011010 10001000101 11001001 001101100 11111000111 01011 1 11100100100010 1 011101 000100100 101001001 110 110111101 10001010101 0011010 1010101 11110101 111111011110 1011111 111 11101 1111000101010 1101001 11110101 1001 1110000110010 10110111110 1 010110 11101000100 111101110 10111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of More Direct And Left Personal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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