This is an analysis of the poem The Rule Of 21 that begins with:

In Shiva's homeland, the rules are quite strange, as I can truly attest,
If someone slips, and falls by err, police come by to arrest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbccddeeaaXa ffbbff ggccdXhh iijjffdd Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,6,8,8,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01011011111111001 011111110111001 101010010011 110110011010 101001111 11111111001 110011010010 01001100110 1111111111 11111111 011110001011 11001101111 010101101 1110111 11001111010 011111010110 11001110001 01101111001 101011110110 01000111011010 10000100110110 1111101100010 11001101111 01101111001 010100111010 010010001000010 11111111001 01101001001 11011100011 0101101101 010010101001 011110011 11001000101010 11001111010 11111111 1110101101 01001011000001101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Rule Of 21;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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