This is an analysis of the poem Under High Steeples that begins with:
People cementing their relationships with others,
With a masquerading of their dishonesty......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001010101010 001010010100 01100100011 110 11101000 1110010111 110111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Under High Steeples;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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