This is an analysis of the poem Thick At That! ...And Glossy! that begins with:
How much admitted,
Actually exists? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcddbXde ABfcdcfgc XgggcABafeg ABbXdfhX dddfbcdXbdfbXbdcd ABfbbcaXdahg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,11,8,17,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 100001 0110111 001001 1111001 110111011 1 11 110 11010 100001 11011110 111 110010001 00101 111 10101 110101 110110 100111 0111 11101 00101 11010 100001 11101 001101 111010 1111 11010 100001 11011 0101010 111011 0101111 111101000 001010000 00010001 1010010001 11110101 100111011 11100001 10100101010 1010 111111 010111 101111101 10100011 11 1101 00100101 1111010011 0010 010010101001 11010 100001 11101 11101110 1010001010 101000010 01001001 111 110111001 11110110 101010110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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