This is an analysis of the poem Narrow Vision Gone that begins with:

You complicated...
A basicness of life, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABA CA ACD CA AEee AEF ABA CA ACD f AEF AEE CA AEE CA AEE CA CA AEEXAEAEAE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,2,4,3,3,2,3,1,3,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 010001 11 101110 0110010 11101 010001 00 101110 0110010 11101 0010101101 011010 1 11101 0010101101 110111 11010 010001 11 101110 0110010 11101 010001 00 11110100 1101 0010101101 110111 1101 0010101101 0110101 101110 0110010 1101 0010101101 0110101 101110 0110010 1101 0010101101 0110101 101110 0110010 101110 0110010 1101 0010101101 0110101 010010 0110101 010010 0110101 010010 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

    The author used the same words and, i, whether at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words cemented, gone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    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 Narrow Vision Gone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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