This is an analysis of the poem In Need Of Professionals that begins with:

The issue raised that has created stagnation,
In some places facing dire consequences......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD eceb Xcdd ABCD fcae X XebXeb Xfebb gXhgXeaeaXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,6,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010010 011010101010 1000100101 0101010011 0101100100010 1111001 1011110001 01010100010101 1110111010101 101011010011001 1111010101011 101110100101001 010111010010 011010101010 1000100101 0101010011 110101000110001 100110101 010101010010 11000010100100101 111111101010011 1 101101 011001110010 110100 010101110 11010001010 1 1010101110100 011100110110 00100101111 100010100101010 1 11011 11010100101 011010 1110011010 011101 11 110111011001 010010101100 11110101000 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of In Need Of Professionals;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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