This is an analysis of the poem Ludicrous Tricks! that begins with:

What democracy would breed
Devastation upon its own people? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdced cffbfe aeXf XfXaf feXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 1010010110 101010100 01101 111101 01001 1101001 101010010 01101100 001100 10101010 00110 0101101 1100010 101010100 1010001 01000010 11011101 100100011000 0100110101 1101 1011111001 010010 101010100 0010101110 111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ludicrous Tricks!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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