This is an analysis of the poem Blackboard Poems that begins with:

S P A C E
is a problem unlike your never-ending...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcdef fffXXXfB abd B gfgd ffc B hafXfh deBX ddhdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,3,1,4,3,1,6,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 00100111010 1010100100 1111011111 1101010100110 111011001101101 010111101 01001001111 10001001011 01011011101 1000001011001 1101011111 10011011100 01111111111 111010010011 110101 10100111110 011100111 10110011111111 110101 1110101010110 110110010010101 011010111011 10101010001001 101011010101 101101111011 101111001 110101 1001000010111001 101110100110010 0010110110011 01011011011100 101101101001001 11010110101010 1001001 011 110101 0111 10101 101110 11000101100 11111 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, on, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Blackboard Poems;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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