This is an analysis of the poem Low Performances that begins with:
Those who had condoned low performances,
To accept them not to effect......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabdee cfgXbX hf fXX dXg becghX e eXabhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,2,3,3,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110100 00101001 010111101 010001100100 010011100111 1011101000011 110111001100 11010111000 100110100101 001010100101 0101010101010 1111011001 111000101 10111110110 11111101 001011010 10010000101 10010001 0100101010001100 10100100 0111101 10100010111 1100 011110 1111100110001 110110101011010 11100010011 111010100001001 1110 10011011010 1010100110110100 11110101110 11110000101001 1111110101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, those are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase performances connects the lines.
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- summary of Low Performances;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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