This is an analysis of the poem Placed On Pedestals High that begins with:

Overbloated by boasted ideals.
And consumed by boosted images....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bacad cdXc XdXXaadd bXXXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,4,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100011001 101110100 1000110111 00100010 1 001001 011101010 01 10001001 0011110 0110110 11 01000010 11110110100 111111001 10001010 00110001 010101011 110010101101 110111 01011111000 1111101010 11010 1010011 00101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 Placed On Pedestals High;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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