This is an analysis of the poem Like A Plague that begins with:
An implanted hatred,
Is never going to go away....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXca XdceXd Xbccce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 010100101 01001 101 0011010 101 1101001 00101000 0101 000110 0111 0101 1010100 10101 00100011 100111 10111 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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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- summary of Like A Plague;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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