This is an analysis of the poem Plodding Along that begins with:
You are wishing I would express,
More of my deep felt feelings? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXX bcdade edX dbfcXfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 1011110 01111 110111 10011 1111011011 01111101 01001011 1001001 00010010100010 011101 10001 111100111 101100 11011 1010101 1001 01110101 11110 11101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, i are repeated.
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- summary of Plodding Along;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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