This is an analysis of the poem The Leaders Of The Crowd that begins with:

THEY must to keep their certainty accuse
All that are different of a base intent;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110001 11110000101 1101010111 1101110001 1100010111 00101010101 1100011111 11001010111 1101111101 1011111111 111101100101 11001110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 513
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Leaders Of The Crowd;
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  • history of its creation;
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