This is an analysis of the poem Cloak And Dagger Tactics that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ab bcXddXXd eceXdbbXXAb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 010 101011101 01001111010 110101011 1101001011 001 11111010 01100101 101011101010 100101110 11001111010 011010011100 001100010 0101101101 101001000001 1100001 1101011010101 110 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

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  • summary of Cloak And Dagger Tactics;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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