This is an analysis of the poem Upon Close Examination that begins with:
Humanitarians are too often depicted,
As those being weak and having liberal ideals....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaabbX cbcdddXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001110010 1110111010001 110110111000010 1010001110111010 01010101001 0011010100 011010011011010 111010100111010001 11110110100010 110010101001010 1101101010 1111011100111 1110101001 011000101101011 10111010 100010010110100011000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- 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; and, of are repeated.
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