This is an analysis of the poem Observed To Be What It Is that begins with:
Whatever is,
Or has been......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbc abcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 110 0101001011 10110101 0100101000 000100100 0101010 1110101001 101101000100 11101000010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it 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 Observed To Be What It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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