This is an analysis of the poem In Broad Daylight that begins with:
They set out to make changes.
And who would be selected, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdec eaedd XfbeXddbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110110 1110010 011010 111011 0101001 010100100 01001001 111011 0101100101 1110000100 111010010 01110001 1010110001 10110110111 111011001001 11111101 11001010100 11000010001001 101 111101111110 1001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase opened connects the lines.
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- summary of In Broad Daylight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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