This is an analysis of the poem Superficial Is Official that begins with:
When the people pick...
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB Cddefebgfeffehcf CABBXhbGhGXCf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,16,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 1000100 10100 10100010 110101 1100100 0011001 1 01 10100 001001 1 01 0010001 1 01 0010011001 100101 0010101 10100010 10101 1000100 10100 0010100 011001 1010001011101 010011010 0011001 010011010 01111 10100010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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.
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