This is an analysis of the poem Their Prayers Are Going Unanswered that begins with:

Rights, freedoms and entiltlements?
Sure....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXbcX XXdbeeX fcbg baXed fgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011000 1 1011111 111 1110 1101 10010110 1101010111 1 101111 01110 11011010 1 101011 1110 1 110 1101 0110101 11011 10101 1001010 11001 11110110 111 11010 0111011101 111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Their Prayers Are Going Unanswered;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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