This is an analysis of the poem To Diminish The Act Of Reason And Common Sense that begins with:

Every tactic today is being used,
To diminish the act of reason, truth and competence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcaaaXaccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010101 00100101011100 0101001001 10011100101110 100100101011101 1010011001101101 101001001111010 1010011101 0010111110011010 1 0101010001001000101 111001010 001001001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

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