This is an analysis of the poem Out Of The Box Are These Jaw Droppers that begins with:

Being on the cutting edge and daring,
Are those of a pioneering spirit....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbX dXXbcaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010101110 1100101010 100111110 1010100101 10110001001 1110100111 0110110 001011010 0010111010 001011 01111010 1111101001 10110 1100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Out Of The Box Are These Jaw Droppers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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