This is an analysis of the poem The Line Is Not That Fine that begins with:
The line is not that fine,
When one begins to walk a road......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBcdeaaff ABBdgcgebb eX hedXeh XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,2,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010111 11010101 0011101101 01111010 1001000101 10100001 1101011011 0101101101 111100101 01001010110 010111 11010101 0011101101 010 1101001010 11100101010 1010100101010 10101011001010 1 0111010101 1101111101 110110101000101 11 1111 10101101010 1111101 1111110001 101 1 110110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Line Is Not That Fine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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