This is an analysis of the poem Seated Next To Hypocrites that begins with:

Must we discuss,
The lost side of negativity? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacd baefge acXdffedgaX dXfadX Xdgeaea gaedd ddXXeagd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,11,6,7,5,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 011010100 111001100 010111101000 11100100 001111101010100 1010010101010 11111100001 101010 110101 10110011 1 1110101011 0100111111100 011000100 01101 0110110011 01101010 1101010101 1011101001 011100 00101000100110 11011 111010 01111010001101 0111101011 11101 101111010110 11011101100 10101001010101 1011110 11111101001 0101011 01111010 00100100 010100101 111010 110110010 111100010 1010111 0111 10 111011 1101111 11110010010 10101 10101 0110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Seated Next To Hypocrites;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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