This is an analysis of the poem Thoughtless Comments that begins with:
Too long after dawn...
And with a foolishness, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCdd AbXX ABCXX BDBDBDBDXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 100100 010 110111101 101111111 11101 10111 11010010 11101 11101 100100 010 10111 0100111001 11010 01111111 01010 11101011 11010 01111111 01010 11101011 101 0101000110 010100011 01 010011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Thoughtless Comments;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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