This is an analysis of the poem What's New About These Revelations that begins with:

Despite the dance around scandals,
And the presence of corruption found disbelieved....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBACb dXddab AXBACa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010110 1010001011000 11010010001 110111010 10101010101 010010101001 0100111010010 11101110100100 1111010001 0101101 0101011 111001011001 01010110 1010001011000 11010010001 110111010 10101010101 1110011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 What's New About These Revelations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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