This is an analysis of the poem Promises Are Made that begins with:
Promises are made to those who protest,
Their quality of life has faded....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD EBBBD ceXbdcbdXafc EBBBD ABCD abXXfabba X GH X GH X bXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,12,5,4,9,1,2,1,2,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001101101 110001110 0101001010010 1101001011101 100110100001 11001010001 001011101 1110111001 0110010100 11 01000010010111 1010010100101001 11010000110 11100001 00100010010101 000100110101 100101111 010010110001 1011010100001001 01110001000100 010100010011010 100110100001 11001010001 001011101 1110111001 0110010100 1001101101 110001110 0101001010010 1101001011101 1 100111 11010010 11001 010111100 110101110101 111011010 0101001 101110010001 1111 1101001001 10100101010 1111 1101001001 10100101010 1110 10011 110101 110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, for are repeated.
The author used the same word promises at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Promises Are Made;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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