This is an analysis of the poem Seeking To Be Smothered that begins with:
They are saying the same thing.
And that is unique....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXbaccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011 11001 1100010 1110 0101000110 0001 01 10010110 01011010001 111101 111010 11010001 11100010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
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- summary of Seeking To Be Smothered;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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