This is an analysis of the poem Magnets that begins with:

A far look in absorbed eyes, unaware
Of what some gazer thrills to gather there; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaccdddXeecXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0110011101 0111010101 01011000101 11011101001 11011111001 0101100111 11011101111 0101110111 1111000101 1000111011 11111100101 1101010101 1100100101 01011000110 1011010111 10110010101 0110111111 11010110110 1011010101 01111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 885
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Magnets;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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