This is an analysis of the poem Reverence :: Nuisance that begins with:

In walls of reception counters
and staircases of offices, hospitals, firms...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab ca Xcad aXcbXd dbXd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,6,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010 111001001101 1101001010 100111110 11100101001111 10110011 111001110 11111011 00100110101001 1011010111 11111101 1111111001 100101001001101 110111001011 1110111011100 1001010110101 10000101010 11111 01101 01011 11010100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, or, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Reverence :: Nuisance;
  • central theme;
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