This is an analysis of the poem Lost In Traditions that begins with:

Those pre-conditioned and lost in traditions,
To celebrate on dates until those dates leave....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110010 01011101111 110101000101000 111101101001 00101001001011 1010010010101 1111010010100 100100011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lost In Traditions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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