This is an analysis of the poem Words that begins with:
He lets me listen, when he moves me,
Words are not like other words...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcbdab bcbbebebXbfd fbbbXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111 1111101 11101011 11100101 1011011 101010 1101011101 0110001100 111101001 101010101 11011101001 101001 111111110 11010 111111010 11111001001 1111101111 11001111010 111111110 1110101101 101011100 111010010 11100100 1111010 11100010110 1001 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; he, me, that, and, which are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, nothing are repeated.
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- summary of Words;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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