This is an analysis of the poem Receivers Of Deceptions Believed that begins with:

With a sabotaging done.
And their alibis sold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbdcXe adfgHecfe bgHcfabb hXeXb HHBbHHi bHHBXHHIXHHIehHi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,5,7,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101 111011 11101100 00101 11010001 111010 1010101 011010 1011010001 10110101 01011010 00100100010 010101001 1111 101100101001 11101011 100100001 11111001 11110101 1110010100100101 1111 01101001101 1110001 010001101 110010001001 1010100100101 111001 1100 110101 11111000 1010001001 1111 1111 010001001 1 1111 1111 1011111 1 1111 1111 010001001 11 1111 1111 1011111 11 1111 1111 1011111 11010010001 11111 1111 0010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, where are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word leave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Receivers Of Deceptions Believed;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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