This is an analysis of the poem A Future To Oppose And Restrict that begins with:

Yesterday,
What had been agreed upon......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcdX efXgfdhgf dgXfhdgh gdX XciXiea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,8,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1100101 1100 1010100 01 1100010 0101 1010010010 0010101000 01010001 11010010 10101 110101100 100101010111 00111001 001000100111001 10010001101010 0011010 11001011010 001010100001100 101010000101 1100010 110111011 10011010010 11110001110 0010 01000101 1 1111010 11100101010 0100101001 01110111000 1111101000010 011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Future To Oppose And Restrict;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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