This is an analysis of the poem Fake News that begins with:

Fake news.
Truths diluted to delude....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdcbXaeXbXeedXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1010001 111001 110011 1100100 110100 0010110010 1001101 10101 0101 101101 011000101 10101 101000101 001111 100 01010 11101 00100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Fake News;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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