This is an analysis of the poem Country Heads that begins with:
They selected their favorites amongst themselves,
In the early stages of their progressive ignorance....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabc XbacXX XX aXaXX XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,5,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011000101 00101001010100 1000111011010 11001100100010 0110101 00100010101 110 1111110101001 11111110 10011011010 1010010110010 01010101001100100 1 10011101 1010101101 1110100101 10100110010 11 010010111101 11101001010100010 0100101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Country Heads;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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