This is an analysis of the poem With Angst And Cynical Rhetoric that begins with:

Why are your commentaries,
So filled with angst and cynical rhetoric? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab c XacXc dXba ddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,5,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111010 11011100100 1101111 0101010 0011010 11001010001 10010101 11100101000 1011110 0101110 0101110100100 111010101 011110 01011001 01101001001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 With Angst And Cynical Rhetoric;
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