This is an analysis of the poem Sold To Fresh And New Ears Willing To Listen that begins with:

So many have spent the majority of their lives...
Undermining the credibility and good deeds, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbc Xaddebe edaecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100100011 1010010100101 0010101001110 000100101110 1110100100110 011111010100 110001111000100 110111010 1110011110100 0101100110100 1010011001101 0101100111001 10010100100010 01010101110100 1010010 10110011010 010101110 10111100111010 10111110100100 0101010111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase others connects the lines.

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