This is an analysis of the poem Yet To 'Teethe' On Independence Or Reality that begins with:

It would have been great,
If some folks knew......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXdeXdf ABCbaggXb XhXiffa deXehafahhi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,7,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 0111 110111 111 101010100 1010000100 101101010 010011010 010001 01101 0111 110111 11101 11011 1010010 1101010 010001 111001 1001010010010 00110011 10001110111 00110001010010 110101 010010101 0100011010 10101011010 10100 111101010100 110110 11000010011 1111010 00100010110 1101010 0011010101 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it 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 continue is repeated).

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