This is an analysis of the poem Futuristic Manifesto that begins with:

1. We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of danger and of temerity.
2. The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, daring, and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab X X b c d e e d X e X f a b X e X c f f f c f f XXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010010010100100 1001010001100001010101 1100010101101101010010011110010010100100010000101010010110110101 1101101101001101100100101010010111011110101010101110010101001100101000100 11101011101011011100101110100010 1010101010110011000000100101010000100100 11011100101011010110101001001001000101001101000011011 111101100001001001010011111001001001000010011111011101000101111010010001010101 1110101101011001 10010100100100010100101011101010 111001001011010110101010111011010101001000 1111011101111101010101011010101010010100001001000100101101100010010100111010010100100100110100110101011111001010010001010001001011001001101010101011111011111010101010101101001100101010101 0001001110101101001010001000101111011111010011100101000010001001010001101000 100101101101101011010000100001011000010001010 01010101001000010010001011111101101010111010111010101010100010001010101011001110001100 110100101101110010111011111100111011010111100111001111011010101001010111001111001011101 1111011100100100010001010010100110100000100100101 0011110001110000001001010100101100100101101111010101001010100011110100110101010 101001010100000100110100100110100101011000101111010100100101010011000100101001110110110100 10100010010000110100100011001111001001111100010101010100 10010001011011011111110110111010010110100101110100100100111011010101001000100010 01001111110011111110010111111101110111011101100011011010110110100101011010110011101001011010101010010010110101010010101010110 111101101111111011001010011011001001110111001101110010001001100110101001000101100 1010001011100101111010101110010011001100110101110100111010111001010001111101011001001010 010011111101111010101101001000101011001001000100100011 1111111011101001101011101101111001010011111001010111010011111110001 101001011101011110111110100011110010100100100111011001110101111010010010110011011 11010011111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 247 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 42
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, and, we, like, by, that, want, be, can, it, once, with, our, italy, in, year, for, those, their, you, us, they, on, at, not, enough, up are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase up connects the lines.

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  • summary of Futuristic Manifesto;
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