This is an analysis of the poem Rare, Yet Devalued that begins with:
When did thoughtlessness,
Become a cherished entitlement? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbaa bcXc dXXX eedb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10100 010100100 011001010 0010001 0110010100 1111 11011010 10101010101 11010000 00111101 11011010101 11010001 010110001 10001010001 11010011100 010110110100 110110010 010110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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