This is an analysis of the poem Legislated that begins with:
Why are people so upset about their way of life collapsing?
Even someone feeding at a feast, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcXdXe eafcc eaceedfcX fbXcb dedXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,9,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101011101010 101110101 1011001100 1111 110101001 110111010000 10101010110 1100010 00011 11110110 011010 010101100101011 01101010 0101110010 1110101010 001000111100 10001 110100100111 110100111 01111101 1111 01011 011000 1101101010 11001010 01110 0110101101 101101010011 1101010100 00101010 1001 01010100011101 111011010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; and is repeated.
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- summary of Legislated;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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