This is an analysis of the poem On The Rise Are Misfits that begins with:

On the rise are misfits,
Given rights to start conflicts....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAABABCC AAADADCA AAABABCC AXaAAADADCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 1010110 101111 011001 101111 011001 11010 0011010 101111 1010010 101111 101101 1101111 101001 10011 11100 101111 1010110 101111 011001 1101111 011001 11010 0011010 101111 110111010 0011100 1101111 1010010 101111 101101 1101111 101001 10011 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 On The Rise Are Misfits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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