This is an analysis of the poem Transfixed Upon Themselves that begins with:
There is only one conversation,
Heard from the me-me-I-I types! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abca bddecb XebXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 101011010 10011111 100001011 11010 1001001000 1111 1111 11100100 1010010 00111 01010111 10110110001 10100110 1010 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 15
- 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.
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- summary of Transfixed Upon Themselves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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