This is an analysis of the poem Prescribed The Wrong Medication that begins with:

Those who have risen to the top,
To achieve some type of notoriety......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab bbac bXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 00111010100 1110 10100011010 0110101001 11010111100 001010100101 1001011010 0010110111 100001001 0001001000100 101010101010 0001001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Prescribed The Wrong Medication;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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