This is an analysis of the poem Stars Of Hunger Documentaries that begins with:

Even emerging from the darkest of shadows,
Voices making demands are heard....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXa eecfb bghcbXdhdXaagbgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100010011 10100111 001010010 110110001 010001 0011001011 11110001 11011 101101010 0111010001 010111111 111101 00101101 100101100 111001 10011 1011110010 0101 101010100100 10001 110001011 01010100 111011010001 1101 111101111 10111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Stars Of Hunger Documentaries;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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