This is an analysis of the poem Without A Common Sense Represented that begins with:

So many make claims...
They do not wish the government, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAACA aaddaefbfga ABAACAbh gaabhf gXeahg X iieX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,8,6,6,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 11110100 0101011001 00101000101 110001 10101 11101110 1011010 01011100 1011001 010111010 1101110 100111111 1110101110101 101011001001 0101101101001 010011010010010 11011 11110100 0101011001 00101000101 110001 10101 010001 1011101 10111110 10010010 100100010001 1111000100 0111111 0101011010010 1110100001 11001 1011100 010011010101 10100101110010 11010010000010 1001101 1 1111 0100111 011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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