This is an analysis of the poem Seeking Assistance that begins with:
NOW what are they protesting?
'They have come to protest, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaX Xab bXX XXc XaX c X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 111001 10100 1101100 10101101101 1100111100 011 111101101 10101001110 110111001001 110111101 10101 10110010 101 010100111100 11011010110 101 11110001001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Seeking Assistance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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