This is an analysis of the poem Uninvolved that begins with:

How can anyone,
Who has been told to stay away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcbadefgcacdc bbf hehhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 11010101 101001 00100101 011010 1100100101 0101100101 111011 110100101001 001101110 0100 110100110 01010010 101010010 010 01001010010 11101001 11110 011110 11111 1011011 111 110101001 11010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Uninvolved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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