This is an analysis of the poem Hopefully 'something' Is Being Learned that begins with:
A capitalistic way of life foreclosed,
Has put an end to values claimed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAA bcbde XdefXXgg AAAA dcXah iadaXhafXXia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,4,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010101 11110101 110100111 110011110001 100010011101 1011101 10111111 110101010 00101101 111010000100 1011001010 11010111101 100010 1101101 01100100 00101011101011 11 01001010101 11110101 110100111 110011110001 100111010 011001101 111111100110 1111101 011001101 110 11001011 010101110 010101 001010110 1010101 01 10100 11000 1 1001000101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; those, to are repeated.
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