This is an analysis of the poem Ghetto that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC deXefXgfccXfXeg XcXhfXcXh ABCdXebfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,15,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 010010 00101001 10 01010010101 1001110 1111 10111 110101 1010010 0111 101010010 11110010 101110 0001001010 1101010 1010101 01001 110110 101101 1111 11010001001 11101 0100101001 011010 0100010 11100101 11 010010 00101001 100101010 110100101 10101001 0101010100 10111 01010 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Ghetto;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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