This is an analysis of the poem "?" that begins with:
If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaXX XbXbXX cccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101011001 10100100101 10100100101 11001001001 110011101 11010010100 10101101110 0100101101 11011111010 1100100101 11111001110 1111110100100 10111111110 11011111110 1001111110 01011010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, in, she, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of "?";
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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