This is an analysis of the poem Rulers Of The World that begins with:

Wake up and take a notice,
With a focus on the motive....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFEAgEffa CHCIG CHCIG EAEhff CHCIGffXXABCDEFEAG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,5,5,6,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 00101010 0101010 1011101 11011101 101010 11011101 11011 1 11011101 111010 010101010 0101 0111110 11101 0111110 0010011 0100110001 0111110 11101 0111110 0010011 0100110001 11011101 11011 11011101 11100 101001 1101101 0111110 11101 0111110 0010011 0100110001 00101 01101 00101110001 1111010 00101010 0101010 1011101 11011101 101010 11011101 11011 0100110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Rulers Of The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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