This is an analysis of the poem Fear And Complacency that begins with:

It is sad your range of vision is narrow.
And your complaints have limited your steps, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bab bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111010010 1101110011 0011101000010 11011111001 00100110 0101111011 11111110010111 1110101010 101010010111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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