This is an analysis of the poem From The Hollow Minds Of Demented Men that begins with:

Now the big boys with the bucks,
Argue who is right and wrong....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddXda XadaXbaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 1010111 1010010 101001 01101 111101 1101000100 100101011 10100100 10111010 0010001010100 01110 01001100 1101101010 0010100101 1111011101 11010010101 11100010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of From The Hollow Minds Of Demented Men;
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  • idea of the verse;
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