This is an analysis of the poem Too Intensive that begins with:
Pensive and intensive.
Pensive with intent....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABAB CAB CABbAdBbAdB CCAB CCAB ABABAB EAdBXEAdB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,11,4,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 10001 101010 10001 101010 10001 1010100001 0101010 110001 1010100001 0101010 110001 1 101010 1 10001 1 101010 1 10001 1010100001 11010101111 1101010 110001 1010100001 11010101111 1101010 110001 101010 10001 101010 10001 101010 10001 11 101010 1 10001 11 101010 1 10001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; pensive is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word pensive is repeated.
The author used the same words looking, can't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word intent at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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