This is an analysis of the poem A Circus Of Tragic Travesties that begins with:

The popularity of disgusting politics,
Has taken to new heights......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabXbbbaccbbad aacdece cefbfXXeeXXX XdeX XdcXXeedb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,12,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101000010101 110011 0100100 10101001000100 11111010 00101010 0111100 10001101001 1111101011 10110100101 01011001 1011001000001 00101010101 11001010010 0101011100 010010100 1111011010 110001100010 01000111101 11010100101011 1100100101010 111 10010101 111101110 0110 11101101010 101111101110 10110101010 011001110101 11011 11010110101101 101001 11110010 01110101110001 101111 111 111111 1110111101 111111111 10 10111 11110010 011010111 11111 1011010111 101 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

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  • summary of A Circus Of Tragic Travesties;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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