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

They tell me, shaking their heads:
'You should be kinder... You are somehow-furious.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXbcdbbeafdghbgXiXeciXfc Xh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 11010111110 110010111 11101101001 11101010 11111011110101 1111100100 11011100 1110100101 1110110110 0111001110010 11011010 11010001101 11110111 111110101 1100001110010 110111111 11111010110 101010110 101 111011 1100011010 11110 001001110110 11011101111 1110111010101011 101011010101 10110100011100 1 010110100010101010110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; me, i, tea, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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

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