This is an analysis of the poem Quicksand Under Your Feet Sinks that begins with:
It is quite wonderful,
You would want the beliefs you keep......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXbXX XbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 001100 11100111 0001 110000100 110101 010100 101110111 11010101101 11 011 1110 100101110 1010011 01 11
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; that, to are repeated.
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- summary of Quicksand Under Your Feet Sinks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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