This is an analysis of the poem Overheard Talking that begins with:
Observing can eliminate frustration.
And knowing that listening to comprehend, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdedfdXa Xbdg XX XeXefabgX dgXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,2,9,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101010 11011000101 0010010010011 1001101000101001 11 10111010 1100100100 111001 0110101001101 110101010 110110 11001011010 010010101000 010000101010101 111011 11101010 11 11 111110001 0010101 111111010101000 10010011 10100100010 1000100101 11110100000101 11110100 111101110010 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and, you are repeated.
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- summary of Overheard Talking;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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