This is an analysis of the poem Trying To Analyze Reality that begins with:

So many are caught between the accepting of truth.
Or, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab XXccaa cXXbXX X Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,6,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101001001 1 10010010010 111001 0100110101 0110100 1101111101 1010101001 01011111011001 1011111 1101111 11011110111 1010100 1111101111 1001010100 1110111101001 11 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Trying To Analyze Reality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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