This is an analysis of the poem That Which Is Without Depth that begins with:
Shallow.
'What is? '...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X B c X Xd abX abedXcB bX cd eX dddeeedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,2,3,7,2,2,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 101 110011 010 1010011 101001001 1100001001 1111010 101011 0110000011 111010 0100100101 1111010001 0101001011001 011010100 10101 110011 11011 101100100001 101010111 1100100 111101 10111 111011011 11010001 111101010001 10100111001 101000011 11010001001 01001100010000 10100101100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to is repeated.
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- summary of That Which Is Without Depth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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