This is an analysis of the poem Somebody, Somewhere Claims To Have Proof that begins with:

Many with a minature flow grown old,
Have overblown and exposing bluff that disrupts....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDDeFEA ABCDDeFEA FddFddaFE daFdaaFadXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100111 110110101101 1010100010011 111010101 1101 0 110111011 10101010 01111101 1000100111 110110101101 1010100010011 111010101 1101 0 110111011 10101010 01111101 110111011 1 100 110111011 1 1001 1 110111011 10101010 10111010 1 110111011 1 10001 1 110111011 110101 1 110110101 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word many at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words hide, losers at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Somebody, Somewhere Claims To Have Proof;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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