This is an analysis of the poem While Seeking Something More Impressive that begins with:
They are the first to admit,
A seeking of creative ways to advance......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb cbcc cbad XdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 01000101001 10101100 101011111 11110010 1110001 100010101 01010010 1011110 011010011 010011 00011110 1 110101 010101 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of While Seeking Something More Impressive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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