This is an analysis of the poem A Reality You Have Yet To Expose that begins with:

Offensive comments made,
To those marked by settled sedateness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabcdc eX Xcdbdfgc X hfgaeX XaeeX Xehh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,1,6,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 0111101000 1101101101 1010111110 111110100101 0010001 001000100010 110100010010 11 1110111100 01010111 1110 111111111 1010101110 10101110001 110101010010 110101 000100111001 111010111101 1 111110010 111001101 111110010101 11001 0111 1 11101 1110101111010 11011 11111110 111010 1110100001010 1111010101 11110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of A Reality You Have Yet To Expose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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