This is an analysis of the poem The Greatest Thing Happening On This Earth that begins with:
Is it possible to turn this ship around?
'Sure....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaXbaXXX X XbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 00100010101 1 111011001010 0100110010 110101010 10100110010 10100111 101100111 1010000 010111101 110010100 1 1010101100 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this is repeated.
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- summary of The Greatest Thing Happening On This Earth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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