This is an analysis of the poem Before A Mindset Awakens that begins with:

This goes deeper than a four year fix.
No bandage applied by either candidate, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaXcbdb AcbXbaXad AbaXedXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010111 11001110100 010100 00110101 1101 1101 001110010 01101100 011010111 01001111 1010101 111100111 010101111 10110100100 1110 101011 1010101010101 011010111 0101010100 0110110100 01101110000 1110100 1101011010 0011101 100101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase this connects the lines.

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  • summary of Before A Mindset Awakens;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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