This is an analysis of the poem Direct And 'Hands-On' Involvement that begins with:

Fraud, deceptions...
And what had once been accepted, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaabbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11110010 0011 11010001010 11110 0100001111 110101011010 1011101101010 11011 101111010001 0101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 Direct And 'Hands-On' Involvement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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