This is an analysis of the poem Priorities To Emphasize that begins with:

We are taught,
What priorities to emphasize....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXAaAXbcX AaAdAcbcc aXXcXdccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 101000101 111 0101110100 111 0100010010101 111100101010 0100101 1101000010 111 001001100 111 01010101 111 010110111 11110010 0101011101 101001001010010 110010010000101 0101010110101 100101001 101000011111 1100111011 0101001010101 110100 1101001010100 111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Priorities To Emphasize;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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