This is an analysis of the poem Souvenirs Of Democracy that begins with:
THE business man, the acquirer vast,
After assiduous years, surveying results, preparing for departure,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXabXa caabXXabcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101001001 100100010010101010 010101100101011 11011110 110010010011010101 11 10010111001110 01001001001 1111010 0100100100100 110111100111111 1011010010000011101 1101 011101110100010100 01110100100111 1110110111111 010100 1010111010010101 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 524
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my, nor are repeated.
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