This is an analysis of the poem Why Aren'T They 'First' To Get The 'Real' News? that begins with:

Doesn't it seem rather strange and unbelievable,
That those who proclaim loudly with attention to get......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXcddbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101110100 1110110001001 1001010010101 1110001000100 011011100 1100101100101 11000 11111101101 111000001010 1101101011 111011011011 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 524
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Why Aren'T They 'First' To Get The 'Real' News?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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