This is an analysis of the poem The Laws Of Exploitation that begins with:

Exploited.
Hunted and sought, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcacd aXaXeeaXccXe eecbXXaeXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1011 101001100 001010 010110101 11010110 1010001 010010111 110 00100010100000 110 01 010001110 01001111 110 010111010 111000100010 01010101 1111110001 01011101 11010 101110010101 1110111010 10011 0101110 1000101010 0011101 101001001010 00111000010 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Laws Of Exploitation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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