This is an analysis of the poem Many Seeking Antidotes that begins with:

It is all so irrelevant.
Your choice to vent, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc Xccc cXbbcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 00110100 1101 000101 11100 1011 0010001 10101 111101 11011101 10010101010 111111 01011 01100011 11110101000 0111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Many Seeking Antidotes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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