This is an analysis of the poem On The Lower Level that begins with:
On the lower level,
Squinting eyes sour......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcdefcg AcXfdghg ibcifbXf XijjjccXiii ikjeck iiegcX XdcgaXd dfieiXAcfih
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,11,6,6,7,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 10110 010101 1110100010 0111110 101011 101111 1101 101010 010010 010010 01000101 010 10010 11001010 110010101101 110001 1100101001010 11010111 1011001011 101010 011111010 010011 0010101 010010010110 010010111110 010010100101 010010110011 111 110100110010 101 111001 11100 00100111 111111 0100001 10110010 11001000111 100001 10101010101 10110001110 110101 1001111 11111 111110010 010110010 1001 11010 100100100 001000100 111101 11010001010 01001011 0001101010 1001 1011 100011 00101010 010101 11100 101010 1010101 111111110 01010101001 001001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 65
- 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:
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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of On The Lower Level;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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