This is an analysis of the poem At Risk that begins with:
At risk?
Those of an expressed intelligence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXc Acbccd XaXddddXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101010100 110001 0111001001 11 111100101001 100010100 1010010101 011111 111010 111000100 101101 100100100 001100 10101000010 1010111000010 10100111010 110101010 11010100011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 19
- 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.
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- summary of At Risk;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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