This is an analysis of the poem Impulsive Dialogue that begins with:

POET
Will you, like other men,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dcae aefaXe dfagXbg aadXc dgcXXX aXbchdcai ddaXicbac aeXfecefdccf dcf abcXeejhcgegbaeh dddaaXaacjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,7,5,6,9,9,12,3,16,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 011101 1011010100 1010 1010100 0111011101 10110010001 10 010111 010001100 101011010 1110101 1010110 1010 1010010100 110001 01010110 1010110 110000101 101110100 10 110101 001000100010 01010110 0111001001 1010 010100110 111001 01001001 010101010 11011100100 10 0111011 10110101 1001010011 0110101010 010001110 11101010 0100101010 1001001 1010 111101010 01010010 111101 0101010001 1111111 1110101 111011111 111111 10 010010110 10010001 010100 01101110 001011 11000100 01001100 110011111110 1000010011 10111 001010100 1010 10111 0010100 10 1110010 101100010 001101011 10101010 110101 101011101 010101001 11010101 111110101 10100101 111111100010 10100101 111111010 0100110000100 0101001001 1010 111111110 11010100 11010111 1101010 10 10101010 1101101 01010101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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