This is an analysis of the poem A Kept Jealous Envy that begins with:

Those nationalistic traditionalists,
Claiming their fading ideals......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaaXXXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100100 1011001 101010111010 111010001 010000111010 11001 0100010101 110010111 10111 1101010 011000110100 10110100 10111100101 110101010 00101100 11010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.

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  • summary of A Kept Jealous Envy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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