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

The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being ready to kill...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc daXddabecfegacdh dffbeefi cjkfcfjldbifgc ckeafhXgchflX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,16,8,14,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011001100 0101001 10 010110 111101001111 1011100101 1101011 100101110 001010110 1110 11001011 1110011 01100110 101010001 10100010 00101111 01100110 10011010101010 10011101010 1001010110 0010111011101 1100100110101 1011111010101 1110101010 0010100101 11010011101 100101 1110111 01111111 01000110 111 1010111110101 10101 1111011 101110 111011101 10011 01100011010 01111 011101101 11011001 010111110 111010010010 011 1011101 0100011001100 1101010111001 11111011101010 1111011111 1010001010 101111110 1011010 11110101101001 01100010011 111101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Power;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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