This is an analysis of the poem Expressions Can Be Censored that begins with:

Everyday...those living in a free society,
Are bombarded with conflicting hypocrisies....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbbcdebb adaXcdecbXX X dXcX XXXceb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000100010100 101000101000 11 10100101010 01101 110011100010 0010011101 01000000110100 10100010 111110101 1101 110000100010100 1010001010001 111011101100 011110111010 11000010111001 1101011010101 11110110010 1 101001010011 11100110101011110 1000101101010010 100111010011 010 11101011 01011100 11101101111 1 101111010 01 01100110010 11011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 Expressions Can Be Censored;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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