This is an analysis of the poem With A Cordiality that begins with:

Approaching those with mindsets fixed,
In fantasies delusioned based......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabX XccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 010010001 100010001101 101110010010 1101011101 01001011010 10100101010 101010101010100 111001010101010 001101100101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 With A Cordiality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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