This is an analysis of the poem That Appears To Be Your Curse that begins with:

You are much too shallow,
Inexperienced and isolated......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCXBD ef efeXff Xg fecXXd aBCXBD XXgeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,2,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 0010011010 010110100 111010010001100 10010001111 11010 1110100100111101 1011011110 101111110010 11110111 01111101110 110 111 110100010 11101010101010 101011101 110111 1111001 1011111 110100010010 1111001 1011110 111111110 0010011010 010110100 111010010001100 10010001111 11010 11010011110 10110010010 0101111011 1101000101 1010011 1010001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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  • summary of That Appears To Be Your Curse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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