This is an analysis of the poem Replaced By A Hasted Waste that begins with:

Has the season of crooks come to an end?
Are people finally awakening, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDBA eaeXXff aXaaXcaX ABCDBA fcbcXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011011 1101000100 01011011001 1001001011 110110 01011 11010101010010 10101001 101001101010 101010100 0101011 01001011010 11110101 11101101101 0010001 01111101 01101 10001010100 011011 111101001001 00101101101 1010011011 1101000100 01011011001 1001001011 110110 01011 1010001 00111 1010001010 1101111 1011100100 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word has at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Replaced By A Hasted Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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