This is an analysis of the poem Problems Of A Journalist that begins with:

“I want to get away somewhere and re-read Proust,”
Said an editor of Fortune to a man on Time. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXbbbacb AXbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110101111111 1110001000111 101011101010101 1110010111 11010101001 111101010100 1110110101010101 110101011101 01111011100 110101111111 1110001100111 1001011000100 1111010101 01010011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Problems Of A Journalist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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