This is an analysis of the poem Where Is The Validation that begins with:

Where is the validation...
Of your beliefs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAXCD AXaeddX EDD BEFeABAXCD EDD BEF AEAEAEA AEAEAEA B AEAEAEA ABAXCDXAEAEAEd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,3,10,3,3,7,7,1,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 0101 1001010 1010 00111011 01010111 1001010 011000 11001010 1001 01001010 11 1101001 011111101 1011110 0010101 111110101 00110101 1010 1 1001010 0101 1001010 101010 00111011 01010111 011111101 1011110 0010101 111110101 00110101 1010 1001010 101 1001010 101 1001010 101 1001010 1001010 101 1001010 101 1001010 101 1001010 111110101 1001010 001 1001010 101 1001010 101 1001010 1001010 0101 1001010 1010 00111011 01010111 1001010 101 1001010 101 1001010 001 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, validation are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.

    The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines validation is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words validation, gold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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