This is an analysis of the poem For Mental And Physical Health Reasons that begins with:

Short term memories manipulated to feed...
Upon long term needs, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbXabdab ebeXcXfdbbfaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000101001 01111 001011110 1001001 00101011 011000 1 111010111 010100010110 1 01101001010 010111 10101 111 010001 01011 1110010010001 11100010010 101001000 01010100101010 1101100110 1010100001 11010010 0111010 101010001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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  • summary of For Mental And Physical Health Reasons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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