This is an analysis of the poem Stumbles Like Tumbleweeds that begins with:

Land of lost realities.
And it is difficult to shake, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcb dXXeeXX ccddbX ecaaf Xeccdgcgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,6,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 10010001 01001 1110 0011111 1110101 111110101 10100100 11101 11101 1101 101100 11001010 01011000010 101 1101101101 101111 110101 111101 11010110 1001 10101001011 10010101000 1101111000 100001 11001010101 1110100 1100010 01111010 1101 10011100 011100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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:

    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 Stumbles Like Tumbleweeds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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