This is an analysis of the poem Enlisted To Agitate that begins with:

How can someone without integrity...
No credibility, discipline and/or deeds done, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXbXb daXecedb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010100 1101001001011 010010001111010 0100101 110 11100010010 0010011011101 10 10110101 0101100100 111101 010111111 110100101 10010100100100 101111 110001000101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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.

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

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  • summary of Enlisted To Agitate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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