This is an analysis of the poem News Report, September 1991 that begins with:

U.S. BURIED IRAQI SOLDIERS ALIVE IN GULF WAR
'What you saw was a ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXabXXXcXdbXXXXXeXXXfcXfghhHXiXacbjhfehcbXcciaXhXaXXbjhhbXchhbXXiicXhcXhXXXXhcdXghHXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,86,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101001011 11110 10100 1101 1101 110 100 10 10 100011 100 11 11110 10001 100 101 100 10 1010 010010 100 1000 1111 101 10100 11 11010 1010 010 111 101 100010 1110 100100100 101 0101 0100 011 1011 10010 111 10101 1010 11 1110 01110 110 00101 010 101 101 1000100 100 1100 11 100101 01 0110 010101 11000 110101 0101 0101010 111 011 101 100 1010100100 101 0010 10111 010 0111100 1000 100 10 0100 100 11001 0111 11 011 110 1010 111 101 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 744
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of News Report, September 1991;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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