This is an analysis of the poem In Overpriced And Marketed Athletic Shoes that begins with:

Those 'us' against 'them' defenses...
Are tactics used, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXa Xdbbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011010 1101 10100100101010 110101001001 1010010 010111000101 01000100 11010101 110101001010 11010001110 01101001001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.

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