This is an analysis of the poem This Self Examination 'Thing' that begins with:
Could you survive,
Without a back to ride on? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb c Xdee dafGa XbXhi djdj X chkk de hXaafGX Xdb ciX e Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,5,5,4,1,4,2,7,3,3,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 0101011 1 1111 11011101 1111 01011111 1111011 011111 11110101 1111 1100010100 11111 00101100 111111 101011 1011 1101010 110101 10011 01111 10011 0111 111111 010 01110 1111010 01100001 1110 110101 11100010 01010011 1100101110 101 1100010100 11111 00101100 1 110 1011 11100010 110110111 011 11 1 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
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- summary of This Self Examination 'Thing';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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