This is an analysis of the poem Things To Get that begins with:
Shallow is the mind,
That accepts to believe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXa cXccdd EX Xf EXXbccfa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 101001 0111 111101 1101001 1100011010 0111101 01001010 0101 1001 00100100 1001011111 1110110 111101 01011011 0101011010100 1110110 111101 11 100110100 0010111 111010110100 110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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- summary of Things To Get;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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