This is an analysis of the poem Only Mediocrity Knows that begins with:
If the credit is not given,
To who is due it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbab Xbccbba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100110 01010 1010100101 01010010100 1010001 111110 00100101 001101 01010101001 1001101 1010010011 110000100010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Only Mediocrity Knows;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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