This is an analysis of the poem Delivering The Difference that begins with:

Shallow platitudes are okay but overused.
But show them only as reliable expression......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadXX dXbcefXfcbcbce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111101 1101010100010 11101 011101 1010111100 010100101000 100011011001 0111 11111010001 1101001010 01100101 1010101 1101011 11111 1100110101 010101100 1100101010 10101010 11100001 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Delivering The Difference;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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