This is an analysis of the poem Nominated that begins with:

Poised and groomed for screening.
And picked as those correct to select....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xbcb cdeXed cceabc cXXXXXcec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 111101001 101010 01101101 010010010 010100 1010010 11011101 101011010 1011101 0111010 11101010 11111 010101 01001011010 0010101 10000010 0110010 111101 01100011111 110101 11101 110111110 1110100 00101 111001 11011 1110101 011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 Nominated;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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