This is an analysis of the poem High Approval Ratings And Crowd Size that begins with:

For the love,
Of self imposing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfghXiceccde jXekbdahcXk jdcfkdkjeX lefi hjeX lg keX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,11,10,4,4,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 01010 1010010 111001 010101 1010001 0010101 11001 001000010 0101 10101100 10 1111 010110 101001101 1101110 010001 111 110010000 1010101 1110100 0100110 100100 10001001 11011 10101 10110 01000 1001 110111 01010010 11101 10100 0010110010 110110100 001 11101 1101 1 1 1011001 0010 1100111 100111 0101 10101 1 1 1100010 111010 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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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