This is an analysis of the poem Subtext that begins with:
You may want to see me,
Down and out....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXaccdXX bcdXedXXbde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 111 01110111 1111011 10001010011 11011 0110111101 10011101 100100101001 1111110011 10101101 1101110101 1011010 110111 110111101 010110110 011010100 011010111 1111 1111101110 00100001101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is is repeated.
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- summary of Subtext;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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