This is an analysis of the poem Children Reflect Those Ideals Projected that begins with:

Children,
Reflect those ideals projected....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd cddddXc ddba caXbcd bcdddXbcbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 01101010 00101 01111111 101101 01110001011 010101 001101 00101111101 00010010010 010110101101 0111001 10111001 011010 10101010 011001 110111 01110 110110 0100011101010 10100011000101 01 100011101 0100101110100 1010101 00100100111 01 11011111 0011010 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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  • summary of Children Reflect Those Ideals Projected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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