This is an analysis of the poem More Realistic And Less Corrupt that begins with:

We need,
More magic in our lives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBB AXca AADD ddaXX ABBB CECEXAADDe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11 110011 01010111 11011101 11 1001011 011101 001111100 11 110011010 1101 010001010101 0100101100010 11100010100 11001 110101001 101 11 110011 01010111 11011101 010110011101 010110101101 010110011101 010110101101 11 110011010 1101 010001010101 1110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, magic are repeated.

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

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

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