This is an analysis of the poem The Needs Of Future Societies that begins with:

Braggarts, domestic abusers and sex.
Conflict starters, rumor mongers and thieves....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbbbbdeX aedefXdb Xdafbcbebd XeX fbXfabXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,10,3,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001011 1010101011 101101010 1010101110 101001101010 01010010110 1001101110 1001100110 1 011010 101011011 11 1100110100 1110010 110100011010 1000100110100001 1010010011110 1010001110101 110100101110 1101001 00101101110 0100010011101 10110101010100 11 1100110100010 11101101 000100100100 111001010100100 01010110101 1 1001101001000100 001010011101 0100100011101 011001100110010 0010000101101000010 1011 1011010010 1001100101010 01110011110 101010001110101 111010101101000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of The Needs Of Future Societies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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