This is an analysis of the poem Muting A Fued that begins with:

A concern not there to show,
Should not be expected of it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDeb X cbcfgfhhffXci X bjffbbh bkX ABCDifcbb XicfiiX hiiccX X bXd ibeX gffX afXX afX ecX accb X ck XX bX jXX Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,13,1,7,3,9,7,6,1,3,4,4,4,3,3,4,1,2,2,2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 11001000 01011010 1010 1101101 11100011 11 11111 110100 10110010 01011 01111101 101110 101010 0010011100 0100100101 11110 1101001010 111110101 010101110 111 11111 11110110 101101 1100101001 111001101 01000110100 0111100 10101 11111 1 0011101 11001000 01011010 1010 0101010 11011010 10110111 01000101 011010101 101 011101010 11011010 101 1111 10010101110 1010 1110100 1111010100 011000111 011011001101 0101 10111001 1111000100 110110010 01111 1101001001 101111 11011100 101101010 001010011 01011 00011101 11101 011011 1111 011001 1001010 10010 1111 01101001 110000 1100101 111010 1101010111 1 11111010 11100010 00101111 10001011 1001 111111 10 010111 11001 1010 101111010 11010101 111 10001110 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

    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, about, not, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines god, christian are repeated).

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  • summary of Muting A Fued;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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