This is an analysis of the poem Not Since The 1400's that begins with:
They selected one who best,
Represented their beliefs......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcd dXee ABef Xddf cddXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1010101 001000011100 10010000101 10111010 1100101101 1011011011 0101101111101 1010111 1010101 0010000 1001000010 11101 11010010010 010 10101000100 101011010 1101001 0101111000 10100110 11101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 Not Since The 1400's;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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