This is an analysis of the poem Report From Paradise that begins with:

In paradise the work week is fixed at thirty hours
salaries are higher prices steadily go down ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXac XbcXdaXXX XXada bXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010110111010 1001101010011 10011011001001100 1010110110 01010010101011 100101101011011010 1101010100 1001011010010 1101100101010 01001110111 0010101010 0110100101010 01010010100101 1101001001010 1011101001010001 110011 101011011110 0110010000110011 11100111 100101111 100110010011 101010 100100101001000 1001011110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length 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; of is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Report From Paradise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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