This is an analysis of the poem Limitations that begins with:

EF you's only got de powah fe' to blow a little whistle,
Keep ermong de people wid de whistles....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXaXXXccXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010101010 1100101010 11111110111011010 0011101110 11101011111 010011010111 1111101011101010 101010101 1010101011101010 101011111 10101010111 110101011111 1111101010111010 111010101 101010111111101 111110001 110010111010 011101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 922
  • Average number of words per stanza: 186
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Limitations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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