This is an analysis of the poem Long Before The Re-Writes Made By 'Historians' that begins with:

Who really wants to be 'another'
Of what had already existed? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbcd XXXeedfd bbb abfb Xcc XXdcccXacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,3,4,3,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100100 011010010 11101001 1110101 01111 0111010100 1110101 0111101010010 101 1111001001 10001011111 0101000101 010110010101 1011011 101 01 1 1101011001 1010111101111 110111110100 0011111011 1110101101010 101011101 1110100 1111010101 1111010010 110100001110 1110110 11110010 010101000 00110010 10101111100 1100001 0101011 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to, their, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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