This is an analysis of the poem Revelations...The Ultimate Sensation that begins with:

What on Earth do they hope to accomplish...
With antiquated, outdated fear campaigns? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcddcc aaXe bddaa eXcX XXcdXeXaXXbX feeXXfbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,5,4,12,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110010 01010110101 1110111 11010100 10110100 111101 0010010 1110101100 01110 10101010 01010 0010111 0011111110 11110001 01010 01010110 101001100 111010 00101010 10010 1100 110011010 101001 1 01001101 0010100101 001 101000 0100010 11111 011101 00101110 0110101 0100011 0100101 110101110 1110 010101101010 0010010101 110 11101010111 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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:

    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.

    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.

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  • summary of Revelations...The Ultimate Sensation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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