This is an analysis of the poem Advice To Psychologists that begins with:

YOU spies that pierce the mind with trenches,
Feasting your eyes through private panes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 10111101 1110010010 01110101 111101010 11010001 101101010 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Advice To Psychologists;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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