This is an analysis of the poem Remnants Of Sanity that begins with:

Between fiscal cliffs and threatening flus.
Self righteous, religious lip givers, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbc XabbdXabXa XbdeaXdcb caafbeaaba XfXdc aabeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,9,10,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111001 110010110 1100010010 01000101010 001010110100101 1 11010 1010110100 0111100 10111101010 11110 01001110 1010001 10111001000100 10101101 110 1101011 0011001001110 0011001 110101001100010 1001 110110010001 1 00101 11 101110101 0 001010111000 1100110011 10110010011101 10101010 011101011011010 10101101110101001 1100111010011101 1 11 1 1111111001 111011 01110111101 1011100011 1101010010 10101010101001 1101010111 1010000100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Remnants Of Sanity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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