This is an analysis of the poem People Like Him that begins with:
People liked him, not because
He was rich or known to fame;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdc deeeefdf deaeaghg hdiXifefe bebeeXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,9,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 1111101 1110101 1010101 0110101 0110101 1110101 1010101 1010011 1110101 1010011 1110101 1010111 1110101 1011101 0010101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010100 1011101 1011101 1111101 1010001 1011100 1011101 1000100 10010101 1010111 1010111 1011101 0010101 1010111 1011101 1010001 1010111 1110101 1111101 0011111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, he, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, his, never are repeated.
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- summary of People Like Him;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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