This is an analysis of the poem Social Bankruptcy that begins with:
As a result of their convictions,
With a desire to obtain a social status....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadbe fCgeach Cei dXdai Cccaaj cajjchXc Fcjfc FgXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,3,5,6,8,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101010 0001000101010 1111111010001 1111110 011010100101 11101 1111010100 1 100111001 101011110 0010100 01100010001011 11001110 001101010101111 100111001 100 11 1010001 11001010 11000111 01111110 1100101 100111001 0010001 1010101 110010101 1101010100 10110011011 1 111010101 01101 11 10010 01010 001110101010 1100110 1001110010 111000110101 01 1 1010011101 1001110010 0101010011101 00110010011011000 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, that are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Social Bankruptcy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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