This is an analysis of the poem These Are Values And Standards Kept Within that begins with:

Deliberate and scheduled maintenance,
Prevents foundations from becoming weak....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeb dXaXdc D EDDDEDDDXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,1,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100110100 0101000101 11100100100 10100110 10110 11100111 0101 00100110001 0010100 0110100101 10100010011110 101011101001010 1110110101 1110110 101 101 101 1110110 101 101 101 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • 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; and, within, kept are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, kept are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines within is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word within at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of These Are Values And Standards Kept Within;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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