This is an analysis of the poem Flawed By Deceptive Appearances that begins with:
They are well disciplined.
They appear to be happy and healthy....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdecfgef Xceaadhagcfac ahabhXXaXhffhahhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100 1010010110 11010 0100011 110101010 110100 10101101010 010111010 01010001 1011010 1 111100 01001010101 101 10111 1110110001 11 101101 1111 0011010 110100100 100111000101 11110001 11101010100101 01101010 011101 001110100 11111 111110111101 111111010011 1 11111 1111 11111 11111 001001101 1 10011 10101 1111001 0110111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; they, of, and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the, to are repeated.
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- summary of Flawed By Deceptive Appearances;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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