This is an analysis of the poem To Address As A Valued Standard Formality that begins with:

People do not want to hear the truth.
Not as it is apply to the activity of reality....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdeee XXXcXeab Xced
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101 11000100010000100 1111011010 00100101 1011000 1101010011 10010111 0101 110 0010011100 1001 101011001 1110110 1110010010 0111010100100 1110010 000100110100 10100101001010 0010010100 1010010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of To Address As A Valued Standard Formality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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