This is an analysis of the poem Passing Remark that begins with:

In scenery I like flat country.
In life I don’t like much to happen. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa Xa bX bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011110 011111010 01010011110010 1010101111 1101010010 1110111 10110111 11110110001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, i, like are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Passing Remark;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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