This is an analysis of the poem Inevitable that begins with:

Somewhere in Forster—was it Aspects of the Novel?—
there's something to the effect of, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXdefghhfeaicbjbhXdkfeeckehXichjgekkke Xi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100001100100 11000010 1111111111111 1111010110101 01011000111011 111011001010 1101110100101101 1010101110110001 100111010011111 0110011101111 1111111111001000 0100010000101000 11111010011 1110101011011 10010000000001001 011110101001010 110111010 11011110111 1101111110110 110101011011 11101110101000 11111001111 10111010001110011 11101101110100 0111101010101 111111111 11001111101 011101011010 011011001000100100 01010100101010101 01111110 11100010101011 10010001010 111110110110 011010001110001000 1011101110 1101001011101000 1011101111111 1010111111111110 1111010100100 1110011011010100 1111101110011010 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, inevitable, and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines inevitable is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Inevitable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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