This is an analysis of the poem With A Paddle But No Canoe that begins with:
An empathy given is beginning to wane,
For those who initiate conflict in discreet......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXaX X XbXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110010001001 111010110001 11110011010 0010111010 11001011 1010101010 0100111 10100110101010 1001111001 01000010111 101000 11011010 11101110011 111110101 00101101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
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