This is an analysis of the poem High On The List that begins with:
Why isn't accountability,
High on the list....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABcdBeCfeb aBXcBcDBGG ABABcDBGG dBeCfebXcDBGG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,9,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100010000 1101 100010100 1101 1 110101 101011 0 0101 01 0 0 1000100 1101 1 010001 1101 1 1001011 11001 111010100 11111 100010000 1101 100010100 1101 1 1001011 11001 111010100 11111 110101 101011 0 0101 01 0 0 1 1001011 11001 111010100 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 High On The List;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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