This is an analysis of the poem Still The Mind Smiles that begins with:

Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions,
Knowing all the while that civilization and the other evils...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcXdXXabcaXXadc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101010 10101110010101010 110100010001 10000110110110110 101100101 100110100101101010 11101001001 101000110101001 0100100101 001010001011001010 01101001010 10110101011001 10101101 1111111011011 11100 011101111 110001001001100100 10001010001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 871
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; that, and, of, few are repeated.

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  • summary of Still The Mind Smiles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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