This is an analysis of the poem Seeking A Bridge To Cross With High Expectations that begins with:

I am not going to be the one,
To declare or call anyone stupid....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDEEA fdfa XgaahahggXXABcDEEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111100001 0011110010 101 1111 11001101001 1111001 00100010 110100 010101010111 10100 0101010010 110 100110111 1000100010011 0010010001001 100101011010 1110010010 101010111 00110110100 11001 10110101 111100001 0011110010 101 1111 11001101001 1111001 00100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Seeking A Bridge To Cross With High Expectations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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