This is an analysis of the poem Certified To Validate Common Sense that begins with:

Listening with a desire to comprehend,
Increases one's ability to understand....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXab caXcbX abXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100000100101 010101000101 1 10100010 010111 000110010001 110111 100100100000101 01100010 10100101100100 101010000111 0010100011010 11101110010 0101001100101 0 1001100001011 101100 1010001010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 Certified To Validate Common Sense;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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