This is an analysis of the poem Heads Down that begins with:
Greed has fed a selfishness,
To leave so many with their heads down....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABC BDXEBf eXaBdaBDXEBf BeBXBebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,12,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100 011100111 10101101 1110100 011100111 10101101 11 101011 1100 0100010 11 10110101 1 1010100 110100 011100111 10101010 1010101 11 101011 11100 0100010 11 110110101 11 10101 11 100010 11 101110101 011 101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Heads Down;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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