This is an analysis of the poem The Aliens that begins with:

you may not believe it
but there are people...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXabcefgfbhbhXedXgaXagiXidXgiddid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 11110 11110 1010 101 01 1111 111 110100 1100 1 11100 1 1101 11101 1101 100 1111 00110 110001 1 11101 0 11101 01 111110 0 111111 00 111101 010 10 0 111 1 111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 13 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; well is repeated.

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

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