This is an analysis of the poem Plastic Pity that begins with:
Within some minds,
It is okay to be criticized....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXc ACDXEEfE GHGHGHGHH GHGHGHGHH ACDXEEfE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,9,9,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0111 001100101 10111101 110100 01001 111111 01110001 110010 001001000 01010101 1010101 01000111 110010101 0110001 11010 11010101 011010 11010101 011010 11111001 1111110 0101010 0110001 11010 11010101 011010 11010101 011010 11111001 1111110 0101010 111111 01110001 110010 001001000 01010101 1010101 0100111 110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pity is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pity is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word pity at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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