This is an analysis of the poem Stunned They Run that begins with:
They've been there running,
Since he was elected....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDeff ABCDFF GBGBGHE GBGBGHE A ABCDFF A GBGBGHEXGBGBGHE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,7,1,6,1,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 111010 1110 011 11011 111 1010111 10110 111010 1110 011 11011111 11010101 111 111010 111 111010 01011 00010 01101 111 111010 111 111010 01011 00010 01101 11010001001100 10110 111010 1110 011 11011111 11010101 11010001001100 111 111010 111 111010 01011 00010 01101 111 111010 111 111010 01011 00010 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they are repeated.
The author used the same words they've, stunned at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word come at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Stunned They Run;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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