This is an analysis of the poem Sensitive that begins with:

I've heard it said,
He is 'sensitive'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXcd XXdebedX d fagdhX iabf beajXX ga X gjkdckaif fXf f efiheX jdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,6,4,6,2,1,9,3,1,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101000 11 0110010 1 110 11011001 01010001001 1 11 110111011 1110 1101100110101 111101010010 011011111 00100010 11111 11101001 1110100100101 111011001011 10101 1010101010 10111010 1111011 1 111101011010 1110101010010110 11001010100 01110101001010 1 1 11001001101110 1110001110 01 1010110110010 1111101000 1011101 001111101 10101100 01110001001 11 100110 110001100011 0101 110010011110101 11101010 11101 1111111010101 111 11 11101111 110101110 101101011010110 11101101011 11011111 1 11110111 10111010101 11100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, with are repeated.

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  • summary of Sensitive;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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