This is an analysis of the poem The Depthness Of Their True 'Who' that begins with:

Seeking to have revealed,
The person behind the persona? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXaX deecbXXb Xda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 010010010 001011 100010 011010 0111 010101 1001111001 11011 100011100 001011 11001001 1100100 110111010 101011 01101 11101 11101 1101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 The Depthness Of Their True 'Who';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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