This is an analysis of the poem Romanticizing Lives Lived Fictionalized that begins with:

What determines a classic?
And how does one become qualified, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbacbaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010010 111101101 011100101 000100010010111 00001000011 1110110100100 0001011011 0100101111001010 111011111010 01011101000101010 11100111010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 529
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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