This is an analysis of the poem From Which They Receive No Substance that begins with:

How do I feel,
About the escalating disrespect......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcd cb aeXff dXGfa XGgef XXgff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 0101010101 101 1011110 01010100 10010010 111111001 1111 1110100101 110100 01011010010 1001 11011100100 101011110 0100 11100 110010010100 101011110 0100 1010101010101 1 10111010100101 101001011101001 1111110 10101 1011011101010 01101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 From Which They Receive No Substance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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