This is an analysis of the poem 'One-Up-Man-Ship' that begins with:
Discussing with anyone,
What I perceive to be an obstacle......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabacbbc dXXcabef XaXXecbb XXdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100100 1101001100 101110101010 010110101101 001001010101 110011010010101 000101100010111 1010111010001 0010111101110 110101101 010010010010001 0111010111000 10100110101001 1111110101 1101000010101 111100110010 0011 1010101010 010101001010 101010010101 01111 10100010110 10110100011 1011010101 011001101 111111011 111010110001 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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- summary of 'One-Up-Man-Ship';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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