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

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This government official...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa XX XXbcXccXXXXXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0100010 1101000010 1100101 11110110 1 1010 0110 1111111110 01010 111010101 101010010 11001001 011 101000100 01010001 100001111001 0111 100101010 100101111101 11 1010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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

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