This is an analysis of the poem Ideals Envisioned that begins with:

You would rather hear philosophies,
Kept to protect ongoing fantasies....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXXXaXXcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111010100 1001110100 1101001010 1110110010 101101011011 11 111010101 00110110111 1101000101101 101110010101 001011001 111011100101 001010001001110 01010110111 1110110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, you are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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  • summary of Ideals Envisioned;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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