This is an analysis of the poem Voices Of Disappointed Children that begins with:

Listen to their arguments.
And their justification, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcbac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100 1110010 010101110 1101010 0101010 101010101 101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Voices Of Disappointed Children;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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