This is an analysis of the poem Civilized Atmospheres that begins with:

The bar is filled with a foul odor, something
to do with the sewage system. People don't mind...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefghXijcbXcklilhcccj mlkficeXikX agdgghkXi gdhdXXhidm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,11,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010011010 010010101011 111111111 11110110110101 11110110111 1111101110101 11011101111 01111010100010 11101110001101 111111001111 011111101110 1100110110101010 1100101100111 101011001001 1111100100110 1101110111001 001000111111101 010010101101111 0110011111010001 0111110110100 111110111010101 0010111001011101 11101011101110 0100110 111111011110 011110010111 001011010111 1011101000111 01011111111 101110111101101 101001010111 0101100111001 1010111011 1101010111 010011111 1111010110 01010111 11101001001 11010101010101 111100010101 0101011010 1111010111 111010100101111 1110101 1110101101 00101101110101 1010111101010010 111111100 110101010 11101011101110 1111101111011 100011000010011 01011001000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; we, more, power, and, want, to, hate, rain, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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