This is an analysis of the poem Please Vote Wisely that begins with:

President Obama...
How do you hope to restore the confidence lost, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cdX dXd a dXX eX X dbfgfX XhijhbX dXajgkbXeka X XegdaXb dXcejXjXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,1,3,2,1,6,7,11,1,7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 111100101001 1100010011 101011 1111 11101011101 111011000001 10010010100001 0110110 0101010101110 11101 1111101 11101001110110 010111 1010001 11 1 0100011 110010010 1010101100 010100100 1010011001 110111101010 1111001 100000100010100 101101100100 11 11010011 011110010101 11101001111 10110101101 11110010100010 110101111 0101 101 11001101001 1010101 110111000101 0100 110 101 11 111100111 1 1111110110 11110 10110 101100011 101100 111101 111 101100111101 1011010001 1111001100 1101010010 110101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; to, i, like, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, like are repeated.

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  • summary of Please Vote Wisely;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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