This is an analysis of the poem Someone Needs To Draw For Them A Much Clearer Picture that begins with:

So closed have been my eyes.
So closed and distracted....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDBA badef efgbX bhXhgb c efegaed ABCDBA hXgX c XaXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,6,1,7,6,4,1,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 111010 011 11111 10010 110 1010100001 1010101001 01 1011 10011000100 11011 1101011 1010100 010010 101110 11110011011 1111 1 110111 111100101 110110 110111010101 111101111 101111 1010010 1010100 10101 1001 010101101 111011 111010 011 11111 10010 110 11101010110 1110110011010 010111001 101010101 01011010 1 110010 10101110 10001000101 1010101010 01010111 10110010000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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 Someone Needs To Draw For Them A Much Clearer Picture;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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