This is an analysis of the poem It Takes A Mind To Stop All Wars that begins with:
Bloated with promoted poses,
Upheld and exposed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbBC Xacb ADAC ADAE ABADAC ADAE DbADAC ADAE ABbBCXffADAC ADAEXeCe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,6,4,6,4,12,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001010 01101 1 10001010 0101110 100010100 11101 0011101 110001 01010111 110101010 10111 001011 01010111 110101010 10111 00101101 10001010 01101 01010111 110101010 10111 001011 01010111 110101010 10111 00101101 110101010 01101 01010111 110101010 10111 001011 01010111 110101010 10111 00101101 10001010 01101 1 10001010 0101110 101010 10010001 101 01010111 110101010 10111 001011 01010111 110101010 10111 00101101 0 0101101 001011 01
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, if, cause, for, peace are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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