This is an analysis of the poem Progress Is Identified that begins with:

There are many living in inner cities.
And even more clinging, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcadcceXX faceeGXhd agaahaXicXijXjccccafGechiij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001010 110110 100100100 1110 01010101 111101 10100 1 011110101 001 1 1101001100 101101 1111000101 1010101 111010 110 101 111010 11010 1 1011110010 1001 1010011100 010010010 0101101 01010111011 00010011 11001101 1110100010 0010101 110 010011101011 01101 1100101 1111101 10101110110 111011010010 010110101 01101010011011 101 10101001 011101001 0100100011 01101001 1100101000101101 1001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wooden is repeated).

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  • summary of Progress Is Identified;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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