This is an analysis of the poem Sentences Connected that begins with:

The missing of common sense,
Has proven to have gone unnoticed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbca XdeeXd XbbbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 110011010 111111 11010110001010 0010011101 1011010010100 01001001011010 0100010 10100100010100 10001100 10010000101101 111001001 1010101111 1010001110001 111101010101 01111101 10010010101101 110101001101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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