This is an analysis of the poem Future Generations that begins with:
I confess this:
I have no hope....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcaX X aXXXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1010 1111 01101101 11 1010101 01001101 111010 110000 1101 11110 1101011010 11 1110101 11101000 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, ich are repeated.
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