This is an analysis of the poem Acts Of Treason that begins with:

When the applause leechers speak,
One relies and upholds a redundancy spoken......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXccbdXe daed decf fdcae ddXdXeeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,4,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 1011010010010 1010011011 11001011010 0101010001 01010001 1000100111 110101 1011010 10010100100 101 11001110010 1010011 101001 1111001 11110110 111101001 10001010001 110111100110 1110101001000010 1101011010 01011 11101101 11011001011 11010111010 000111010 010011100 110111001 1110 101001 1110111 111010 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Acts Of Treason;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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