This is an analysis of the poem To Reflect A Diversity that begins with:

Window dressing to reflect a diversity,
May work in the 'staging' and presentation of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaa Xcabcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000100100 1100101101000 110 11100101 01001001010011101 010111001101 1100110 10100010 1001000101 11010001010100 1001100 010100001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To Reflect A Diversity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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