This is an analysis of the poem Irrational And Radical Are The Changes that begins with:
Irrational and radical are the changes.
And a leader selected is up to the task....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbbaXXb AbcddaeaXAdec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011001010 101001001001 110110011 001 111101001010 1100101100 1110011 101000100 010011001010 001010100010 0010011001 101 101010011101 111101010 10001 0100001 010011001010 10010100101 001010101 01000101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same word irrational 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 it connects the lines.
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