This is an analysis of the poem Somehow This Is Praised that begins with:
It doesn't matter where they go.
They will still show they can degrade themselves....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababc AccdXd XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 1011110101 10010010011 1110100010 110110110001 01010111 1010011100 01101011001 1101110010001 01001101 10100111111 1011 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; they is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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