This is an analysis of the poem Meaningless At Best that begins with:

What you once valued...
With standards you elected to perfect, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBCdEffXXbg ABBBCdEbeeXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 0101010001 110110100 110011 100100010 100 101011000001 111100 11110 10111110011 011110011 1101 011 11110 0101010001 110110100 110011 100100010 100 101011000001 01001010000 01001 101100 10110010 010001001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Meaningless At Best;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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