This is an analysis of the poem Unable To Escape that begins with:

Unable to escape...
From their own insecurities, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaac dXeXce daXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 01110100 1110101 100010 01001 010010 101011 1001010010 1010101 110111000 101001 01110010 111100011 0101101010 1111 0110110100 110000110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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 Unable To Escape;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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