This is an analysis of the poem Corporatism that begins with:

Politicians have long abandoned,
Their constituents to represent....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddXdXbebbcac X XXbdfgX X fbddcdha X dcahXg fX eX XXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,7,1,8,1,6,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011010 101000101 100010010 1111010 011111 1101001 101 01011 0001010011 0100110010 100100101101 01001010101 111011 110110101 111010 111001110 10101 11011 1101010110011 1101101010 100011 1100010100010 10111110011 111001110 111101 1111 1111 1011110101 010101011 11111110111 1101110 0101 111101000 10111101010 11111010 1100101101001110 10101010 100101110111 1110111010 111101 001111 10 1011 11110 1110101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nothing is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nothing connects the lines.

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

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