This is an analysis of the poem Only That Which 'Is' that begins with:
Every step I have come to place,
I have consciously known of their taking....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbBAC ddXaa eedXfXXbBACfa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111101 1110010110 1100001 11010011011 101010010 1101111001010111 101001000100001 1111010001011 00100011100010 101010100100001 11011110100100 10111101111 1110101101001 110101101001111 011011010010 10011110100100101 01010010001011 11100001 11010011011 101010010 1101111001010111 01101110100111 1101010100010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, have, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Only That Which 'Is';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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