This is an analysis of the poem Something Finally Believed that begins with:
Why are those now so concerned,
About a budget? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc abX ddXd XXaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 01010 111011101 1101110101 11101 011110011 01110100010 111001 10111111 01 110101000101 1 10010101110 010101010 11010001 1010110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
The author used the same word why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Something Finally Believed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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