This is an analysis of the poem Conversation With A Genius that begins with:
Like mountains - on this brow
Laurels of praise....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcXb XdXd XcXX XdXbd XbXX XXaX XXXX XXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1001 111 111 111010 010 11 01011 101 01101 11101 1111 10110 111110 110 1011001 11010 01 10111 10011 111 1010 1011 111100 11100 110011 1111 1111 1011 11010 11010 110000 10011 1100010 100111 111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ' is repeated.
The author used the same word 'it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Conversation With A Genius;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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