This is an analysis of the poem The Patriots that begins with:

at the edge of the city in
the garbagedump where the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXaXcdcbXXXdXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100100 0100010 1101010 010101010 010010 111111 1100111 01010010 110111 110111 1011010 0111 0010010 100110100 1101011 0101010 0101101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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