This is an analysis of the poem Disturbed We Are Not Called By Appropriate Names that begins with:

If we do eventually call one another comrades...
Would we then become communistic socialists? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXaccXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011010001101011 111011000100 111010101 101 1011111101001 0010100010010 101001001101 10110110101 001001 00110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

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  • summary of Disturbed We Are Not Called By Appropriate Names;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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