This is an analysis of the poem Pure And Innocent that begins with:

Why shouldn't children participate in protests,
And rallies affecting their lives and futures? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXcdXacaaXXadb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101001 11001011110 1 0001 01100100010001 10110011010 111010101101 11100 11111010101 0100010001 11101010 10 11 00100010 001001010010 111010101010 01011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 576
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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  • summary of Pure And Innocent;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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