This is an analysis of the poem Condition Of Traditions that begins with:

How will we handle,
The complete absence of fading values....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBCB BD cacbXe XX XXffXee fGEdFf HBHBHBHB ABBBCB BDHBBBB HBHBHBHBB BBBB bD fGEdFX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,2,7,6,8,6,7,9,4,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 0011001010 1001001100 100 1100111 111 1011001010 11101101 1011001101 01010 111101010 1110101 01110 101011 101101 110101000 110010011101 0110101111011 1 11100001 1101011011110 010010110 01111101 111000010 110110 001001 0 0100010111010 011010 1101000101011101010 1111110 01010 1111110 01010 1111110 01010 1111110 10110 0011001010 1001001100 100 1100111 111 1011001010 11101101 1101000101011101010 1111110 0101 1111110 0101 1101000101011101010 1111110 01010 1111110 01010 1111110 01010 1111110 0101 1111110 0101 1111110 0101 11011001010 11101101 111000010 110110 001001 0 0100010111010 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word lives at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Condition Of Traditions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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