This is an analysis of the poem Not As Profound As It Sounds that begins with:
Anyone believing they can go through life,
Remaining the same......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabXa XXbXXXaX XacbXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001011111 01001 01 0010 111001000 111101100010 1 1111010010 01111001001 10101111 001010111000 11010101 11111101010 00010 01101001 001000100 00101010 001011010000 11100110101 01101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
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, of are repeated.
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- summary of Not As Profound As It Sounds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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