This is an analysis of the poem Deceiving Wolves Masquerading Like Sheep that begins with:

Refusing to have their continued actions viewed,
As losers who have become incompetent and confused......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbdeaX faX AGCG chfX hGAGCefXGdXG XXXabfbG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,4,4,12,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010101 11011010100101 11110001010010001 10100101010101010 110110101 001010010011 10001011000101 101010100101 10101101011 1111 11110111001010 0100111 110 111 11101010 111 1101011010 11101000101010 111000101 00100011 11111 111 110 111 11101010 011001111 11 111001110 111 1101010 100110011101 111 1 100101 01010001 00010011110101 01 1110001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, have, bah are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Deceiving Wolves Masquerading Like Sheep;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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