This is an analysis of the poem To Seek New Lows that begins with:
Those who wish with you,
To seek new lows....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccXA DCEXcf ADCEbfX XdXceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 0111 00101 11100001 010100 1111 010100001 101111 000101 110111010 01101010101 1010010001011 1111 010100001 101111 000101 11 111110010010 10 1 010101 0101010111 0111111 101010101 011010001001100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of To Seek New Lows;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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