This is an analysis of the poem Survival And Instincts that begins with:
Survival and instincts...
Manifest on city streets....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAABAAAB CBCB AAABAAAB cBXB dede AeAfAf AAABAAABXCBCBCBABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,4,6,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010110 1011101 010110 010101011 010110 1011101 010110 010101011 1010101 010101011 1011101 10100101011 010110 1011101 010110 010101011 010110 1011101 010110 010101011 01111001 10100101011 1010011111 10100101011 101001001 0101001 01001001 101001 010110 1101001 010110 1100111 010110 0101011 010110 1011101 010110 010101011 010110 1011101 010110 010101011 1010101 010101011 1011101 10100101011 1011101 10100101011 010110 010101011 010110 010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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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- summary of Survival And Instincts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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