This is an analysis of the poem Gridlock, Polarization And Shown Indifference that begins with:

Gridlock.
Polarization and shown indifference....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacbXXcdaaedXbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10010110100 11010001 10111 101001010 11011110011 110001001010 0111001100 11110010110 0100100010010 1110010110100 10111010110100 1100000110010 0011100001 001001110100 011001 111100101101001 1001010011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 729
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Gridlock, Polarization And Shown Indifference;
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