This is an analysis of the poem Every Election Season that begins with:

More are becoming less interested,
To openly address their business adventures....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDED fabdgeddd HeefiXa HbbhgbgahH ABBCDEDH XX adidaadb X Xdbjhjjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,7,10,8,2,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011000 010011110010 10100111 10010111 1101010001101 010101 1101101000101 110101010 01010010 111101010 010001 11001001101 101000101100 0101000010 10100010 01111101 10001010 11101011 010100011111 0110110 111001 01101100 11010001 10001010 11000100111 1101001100 1000101 10101100101 100100111001 1010001011101 0001 101001010101 10001010 1101011000 010011110010 10100111 10010111 1101010001101 010101 1101101000101 10001010 111010011 11100110100 11101010 1101001 111010010 11001 01001101 1111101 01011 110101010010 100100 1 110001010 0010001010100 100 01010 001001010 1010100 111000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word season at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Every Election Season;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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