This is an analysis of the poem Preventative Measures that begins with:
Preventative measures,
Put in place still will not stop......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbbbc cccdbXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010 1011011 110100 1110010 0110001 1100100100 10111110 110101110 010010010001 010000101001 11101001 100110101 10101011001 001111 01110100110 1100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, they are repeated.
The author used the same word preventative at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Preventative Measures;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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