This is an analysis of the poem Not Even The Obvious Shelters Can Protect Those Afraid that begins with:
It is not easy,
Being the one deceived....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcccdebdfd AXeXcaccgc gcXXec bgggbXXXbXb gbgd gggb aXXfgeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,6,11,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00110 100101 11011 1111 11101 0100 1110100 100101 11010100 011010 0010010100 00110 010001 1110011001 101 100111110 11110 1010010 10101 100100010 11100 1010101 1000101 110 00100 1010 1010001 111010 11110101 110110001 01101011 01001101 0110001 1110011000 1101 101101 11101 01010101 1101 1100011 1110011 1011001010 11101 10101 110010010 101101 1001000100100 0101110 1110 10011010 11111101 1101 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
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; it, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same words it, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ity is repeated).
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 Not Even The Obvious Shelters Can Protect Those Afraid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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