This is an analysis of the poem Trivial Pursuits that begins with:
Trivial pursuits,
Have today become a mainstay......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbde efXcb fgbX hgfb X bdbcX X ihbcFaF X iaXiib X XaaX X fX XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,4,4,1,5,1,7,1,6,1,4,1,2,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 10101011 01111 11001001010 1011101 110111101010 0110111011101 10011010011 11100011100101 110010011000111 010101010 10001010001100001 11110101 11110101000 1111 001010101111100 110 100111001001100 1011001010 111010101100 1101 110101 1111101 100100010001111 1010101 111011 1111 1 1111011000010010 11010000100001001 110111001101101 11 101010 11 1111 1 1011011111110 11110100 10110111 110010011011 111101001000101 1 11010101011 110101101111101 1101001101 10100011001010 1111101 111110101010101 1110100101 1 111101111 111010011000
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, that are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rocks is repeated).
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- summary of Trivial Pursuits;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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