This is an analysis of the poem Only One Way That Can Be Interpreted that begins with:
His silence.
It is deafening....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab XabcX dd eX ff gX hib fXejX ehjd jhXX bigehX XX cfbc aXXgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,2,2,2,2,3,5,4,4,6,2,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 00100 1 10 100 1 11001 0101 11 1011 111001 11 1 1110110010 1001011011 101 111 1110110110 11 0110010101 11010101111 101010100 10111001001 111 1 0111010 010110011 11010011111010 010111101 111100110 1011110101 1110101111101101 101100100 111010011010 100101 1111011100 11110101 11 1010111101000 1 101 111101 10100101011010 110110111100100 10101101010 110100101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words which, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines why is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases why, everything connect the lines.
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