This is an analysis of the poem Hoax that begins with:
As they stumble over the crumbling of their foundations...
They still insist they must persist, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXa baX aaXbccb bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111010010001010 11011101 001110110 10110111 1010110101 01110101 110100010101 111010111 01101001010001 1010001010 1000010011 10011101 11011100 10101101 10
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to are repeated.
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- summary of Hoax;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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