This is an analysis of the poem Standards I Value that begins with:
How can I recognize times have changed,
And so have I? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCXDEDff bgcgcgehXc ABCXDEDii cceX aXhjkcjfckbcXhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,9,4,15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111 1111 1100101011 1001001100 10101011111101 111111010 01110 1111110 0111 01 0101110 000110010101111 011010010 11101 101110110110 111001 11001010010 101011000101 1110101110101 111101111 1111 1100101011 1001001100 10101011111101 111111010 01110 1111010101 01001100111 1 111100110 11010101 100010100101 1 1111 0101011110110 010010111 1111110111 00101101101 1111011101101 1001011010100 11110010 111001010101 111 11111 1110110 0111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Standards I Value;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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