This is an analysis of the poem Without Going Through A Messy Process that begins with:

...and speaking of experiences?
How many can say they achieved experience, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX baXa Xaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001000 110111010100 110000100101 11001011101 110001100100 1110010111 01000011010 10101010 110011010100 101110001001 1011100100 0110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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  • summary of Without Going Through A Messy Process;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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