This is an analysis of the poem Product For The Archives that begins with:

Those that ridiculed and found time to do it...
Can not be too bright....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXa XX bcbXd ad XXXX dXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,5,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111010 11011 10101010 1101 111110 00101010101 1 111110110111 01011111 010001110 110100101 000101011 100101011001 1110110 101001101 1010001 010 110011000010 0101111 110011101011 1101101 0001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; it is repeated.

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  • summary of Product For The Archives;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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