This is an analysis of the poem More Than 400 Years that begins with:
So much of what they value
Is dissentegrating....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaXbXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 010000 11110011 010010101 1011110101 1111111001 11110010101 110110001 10011110 100101 1110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.
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- summary of More Than 400 Years;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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