This is an analysis of the poem Complete Turnaround that begins with:

Doesn't it become increasingly easier,
To berate instead of participate......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcd eedefccegfg Ae eX Xge XX eX hhX edgc cXbbdXX X i XXiX ih iX g he XXcge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,2,2,3,2,2,3,4,7,1,1,4,2,2,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010100100 0010100101 0010111101 0010100100 1000110010101 1010011 0101000110101100 101010010100 1000111 011110 11101 100110111111 1101001 101100111 10010 100010100100 00101111 101 01110111 100010101 0111001 110101 1 10101 10011110010 0110001001 111101 11 1111 0111010110 111001001000 1110101 101010 11100110011 10010101000 11010111 01011011101 011010100100 10101010000 1100 11010111 11010101 111000 1101000101 1101001010 110101110001001 11110101011 1100110101111101 1011101001010 111010010100 110001101 01110111111 0111001 10011 1 0111101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, as, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

    The author used the same word doesn't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Complete Turnaround;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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