This is an analysis of the poem Descendents Of Their Founding Fathers that begins with:

It all has been there!
From the very beginning of its plotting....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcddXe Xdc Xcdaa XXbXXXXb cXbXeXcebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,5,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 00100100010 01001 0010010 1101 11000010100010 110010010 1000101001010 0110100100 10100101 01101100 101100110010 101010010 101110 011010010 1010 1101111000 10010100 1111101 1111110111 0101110001010 111 1010011111 1111 0100001010110100100 01111001001 1010 101001110010 01010010100110 110 010000 11100010011010 101110110010 0010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, their, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Descendents Of Their Founding Fathers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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