This is an analysis of the poem On What Basis Today Is A Normalcy Rated? that begins with:
When people have become estranged,
From making attempts to comprehend others......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddaabeef gbcbaf bXgagea XbfdXeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 01001010110 001001011101010 0101010010 1101010010 0001011101010 0010001 1110101 11010010010 01100101011 01011110001 1111 101010010 1101001000010 101011100010 11110010010010 0111010011101 1010110101010 011101000100 10111001 11101010011 11110101 101001001 10001111010 1000111111001 01010 110101110101 00110010 011001010010010 11011010111 010101101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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