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

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdXaeaeXfdXaegadXaeecfcbeegac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1110101 100111010 1010 001101001 10010111 0111001110 1101011 01111 110100111011 101010101010 11111101110100 1011101 11111001 110101 101101 11101011 110 011100111 01001001 11100100 00110110101 11101101101 11001110011 110101101 11101011 11110010 101011110 0011010001 11101111101 111111010 00111101 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 210
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, my are repeated.

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

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