This is an analysis of the poem When Re-Creating Common Sense that begins with:

Increasingly seen on a daily basis,
Are chips falling away......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXccc X d XXacaecbeX bdc aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,1,10,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101010 111001 0110010 1111111 0010011001 10100101010 01110111 101110000 1111 1 1110010101 010110 011010 1101011 101001 111001 10100101 10111010 011111100 11 111100101010 0101001010 111001 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 When Re-Creating Common Sense;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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