This is an analysis of the poem Too Much Emphasis On This that begins with:

Too much emphasis has been placed,
On Blackness and this effect......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbcdBaXaec BXebbbeeXbcXeXaaa XfXgdXXgbcXXaXfae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,17,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 1101001 01011 01001 01001101 01010111 01010011 1110010 101001010001 01100011010 10001000 011001 0100111010 1110010 0100010110001 101000001 010010001001 1110011 1010001 101010001001 101110010 110101000 101101 110101111 10101010100 11100011101 11011001101101 0110010 11010010 0010001 1111 11111 1 11110101 011101 1011001 00111 01110011 1101 01101101 00111101 1 10111 1110011 1 110 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, by are 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 Too Much Emphasis On This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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