This is an analysis of the poem Seeping From The Last Of Merit that begins with:

Can a mess long unaddressed be corrected?
How creative will the undertaking of that task become? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXccdeddefefeXcdbXXbABXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010010 101000101001101 001010100101000 110001010010 1000101 1001010111 01010000100010 110001 111000101 10001010 110011110101 1101110110 01000111011011 11111111 11111010 101010111001010 110101 10101 0010101 001101 0010110101 10111010010 101000101001101 11101 110111100100 11010 11001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1045
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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  • summary of Seeping From The Last Of Merit;
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