This is an analysis of the poem Misconceptions that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbaa X cdcXdcc Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,7,1,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010110 10010010 10111110 11011010 11010110 10111010110 10010110110 1 000101101 10001010 10110111 11110100 11010010 10111010011 10011010011 10101110001100 1100110011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.
The author used the same word 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 , to, on are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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- summary of Misconceptions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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