This is an analysis of the poem My Ears Are Yours And They Await that begins with:

Confused by the ending.
And when it all began....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXcbdb X eXXedXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 110101 001010010 11001001001 1101101 1 01010 11100101 11110111010 1111010 101 111111 101 0001001 01010101 11110110 111 11101110 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of My Ears Are Yours And They Await;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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