This is an analysis of the poem Revealing Layers Of Other Attempts that begins with:

A façade created,
To establish interest...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cXccaX XcdbXXcdadaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 0010100 1101 1101101010 1000100100 01010001 101010 11011 0101001001 001101 11010101 010101 111101 010101110110 101010001 01010101011 100101100 10100010000010 010010010 10010010010 111010010010 10101111001 1010001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Revealing Layers Of Other Attempts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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