This is an analysis of the poem On Display that begins with:
When I first met denial,
It was masked as if casted from my face....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCC DCEBe ABBCC DCEBe bcXXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010 0111010011 110001000101010 11111001 1101010011101 10101001101010 1101 1010011101 110100100 0111001101 1111010 0111010011 110001000101010 11111001 1101010011101 10101001101010 1101 1010011101 110100100 01110010101 111011010 110110101 111100100 010110011 1011010011 0101101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.
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- summary of On Display;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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