This is an analysis of the poem To Invite Abuse On Any Level that begins with:

Some rules and laws imposed on folks,
Are totally ridiculous....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcd eXXfac cfegegXdcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11000100 101101 11101011001 10110101111 1100111111011 0011101001 11010100110110 11010101001010 11101010011110001 101011011101 1000110100101 00101010100 11001010011000111 1010101 1010001110000111 11 11101000101101 0110100010111010 1011110001 00100100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of To Invite Abuse On Any Level;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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