This is an analysis of the poem Technically Speaking that begins with:

What has Television Done?
'Created a whole new awareness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bX a XcdedX Xd XffcX baX eX X XaXfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,6,2,5,3,2,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 10011010 11010100100 1101011 10101000101 111 1110110000101 0101111100 10101110101 110011010010 1 1010100101010 1 111011101 00101101011010 11 010100101 1111 011001101010 1110010 1000101110100 100010010 1111101001 1 1100010110101 010011 01 1011101 1110010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Technically Speaking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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