This is an analysis of the poem Selective Statistics that begins with:
No one should expect
Those living in denial to accept...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcddbXdXaeaXXaecXeXbXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101 1100010001 0010010010100 00110 0101101 10101010 010110100 0100111100 0101011111010 110000101 0010010101 1100010011010 1101100011010 010101001110101 1100 1111010110100 01101101 110010011010101010 10101110 101 10110011010101 010010101010100 1010010101010010 0110110101011 111010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 994
- Average number of words per stanza: 157
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; to, with, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Selective Statistics;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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