This is an analysis of the poem When Were The Facts Ever Accepted? that begins with:

False hope has been achieved for decades.
With a reality of it in abundance that sits....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbb bXaXb XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111001101 00010000001011 10010001011010 101010010001011 10110110111 11101001001 01110101101 1110101100101 0101101011011 0010010101 11011011 100110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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