This is an analysis of the poem Social Ailments that begins with:
What mistakes have been made,
When someone does something intentionally....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXacdaXa ddX dcbedee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 11111001000 1010010 00100010 11001 111011 10010111 11111010 1100010 11101001 01110011 0110010 110101011001 110100101010 101100101011010 01110011100 001011 1111101 010010001100100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Social Ailments;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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