This is an analysis of the poem Fraternity Of 'separatists' that begins with:

House and Senate Democrats.
Conservative Republicans......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cccc Xdec XcXa eXdecb cXXbXbcXabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 01000100 0010 011001 11001001 1111001 1110001 100110101 111100000 0101010 101010 111110 10010001000 1110101 110101101000 1110001 1111101 010010111 00111101001 11 001001 1101010 1101010001 11100111 00101100010 01001001 110001 11011010 1111 010101 10111001 01001010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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