This is an analysis of the poem Sinking From The Weight that begins with:

Sinking from the weight of,
Denial....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbBA cAbBA DECfgee cgeceXeg hghXhfiihfffgXch XXhfe AbBA cAbBA DECXeh AbBAXcAbBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,8,16,5,4,5,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 010 11110 1011001 1 100010 010 11110 1011001 0010110101 0011001 111 0010110 010111 1100001 11001 101111010 0111 1101001 10101 111101 1101 01101 1111101 00101 01101 1111 1111001000 101001 00101010 01000100 01000100 001001 1101010 010100010 1111010 01000110001 11110100 11010 01010011 101 101100 000110 01101 1010001 100010 010 11110 1011001 1 100010 010 11110 1011001 0010110101 0011001 111 10101 10001 010010100 100010 010 11110 1011001 1 100010 010 11110 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word deceive at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Sinking From The Weight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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