This is an analysis of the poem Popularity Based Upon Testimony Received that begins with:
Dangerous are the ones,
Uncomfortable in their own skins....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbb XbcXb bddXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100101 010000111 10010011000100 10000110 1100110101010100 11111 001010100 101101001 01111001001 0100 110010001010100 010001011001 10101011010010 01100101 011111 1111001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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