This is an analysis of the poem Stealing Praise that begins with:
When is the best time,
To eliminate associating with those......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaX acda EX bb EX ceXad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011 001010101001 1110100010 1011100010 10010 1011010110 0010100 110111 01000110 101 111 1001 010010010 101 111 010110101001010 1100010101 1110100001 11110101 01111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; been is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word say is repeated.
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- summary of Stealing Praise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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