This is an analysis of the poem Something Stupid To Say that begins with:
Far away,
I try to leave my criticisms......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCADe fgfagg fhhhX i XX jaX XfX ABCADXbe kX ajkga XXeilelXfX hjXej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,1,2,3,3,8,2,5,10,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 110111010 1010111001 101 0010101111 1110101010110 10001011101 110100101010 111101110010 01111001011 011101010110101 0101001110101 1111111011100 111100101 00101110111 10100011111 1111110111100 1 1 010101 11 101 11111100 100 1100111 11 101 110111010 1010111001 101 0010101111 111010101 0010001110 11101110 110 1111001011 111001 1101001011 101001101110 0110110011 1111011010111 1 10 110 1 1111 111011110 1 1110 100110110 1 1 11 11101011 1111101010110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, you are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fun connects the lines.
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- summary of Something Stupid To Say;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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