This is an analysis of the poem Vulnerabilities that begins with:
Do not 'assume' I am not aware,
Of the nonsense you pass under my nose....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcb debb AXbe bfXcXedfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110011101 0010111011 10110001011 111111010110 1010100110101 0010011 1111101 11100101100100 1110011101 1111101 0101110011 010110101 11100111001001 011110100 11101110010 00111001010101 110111101 11001000101 11010 10101110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, not are repeated.
The author used the same word do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Vulnerabilities;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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