This is an analysis of the poem Reasons To Exist that begins with:

Fascinating,
Are these times in which we live....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdefg hXdagddgXaedgfbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 1110111 1001010 111010 0010001 0110110 10100010 1011 111011 011010001010110 111010001 1100101110 110110010 111111101 010 10100101010110 11010 1111110 110001 101011100100 0100100101001 00010011011 10100011000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; their is repeated.

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  • summary of Reasons To Exist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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