This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Cling Onto Values And Standards Outdated that begins with:

I'm sure those who have been depicted,
As having intelligence......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaXcbaABXb dcabeX ccacbfgff hhhgfdaXbeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,9,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110010 1100100 101001001 1111001001 01011011111 1101000010001010 11000111111010 011110010 1100100 110101 111001001001010 01111001000100 1010100100010 11110110101001 101010 110010111010 0011111010001110 1011100010111 01010011 1110111110 010110101110101 1101110110 01101010001011 101101110 11101001001 010010010111101 1111010110110010 100101001010110 1110110 1100111010011010 101100011101 110101010111000100 1111011111011 110000110101 00100100001001001 1111 1110101010010100100 0011110101000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 463
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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