This is an analysis of the poem Manipulated Distrusting Days that begins with:

Manipulated distrusting days.
And......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcab AbAbBBDE AbAbBB AbDE AbCECEXAbCECECbCCECeabCEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,4,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 1 111100 1111000111 110010101111 010101001 1 1101010101 1 001011101010 0111010100010 110111110101 1000101011101 010101001 1 1101010101 1 001011101010 0111010100010 010101001 1 110111110101 1000101011101 010101001 1 100100 0111110 100100 11010001 010101001 1 100100 11010001 100100 0111110 100100 1011010 100100 100100 0111110 100100 1111 1010101001 1 100100 11010001 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word manipulated at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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