This is an analysis of the poem These Yet To Be United States that begins with:

Tremors of your network
cause kings to disappear. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdad cede dfgf bhghXchch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 110101 1101010 110101 1111010 0101001 111111 111100 1010101 011101 1011100 11101 111110 110101 111010 111101 1101010 0101001 111111011010 1010100 11010010 011101 1101010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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  • summary of These Yet To Be United States;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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