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

Some are eager to be famous, some are striving
to be great,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdedffdf dgdgXhihfcec fXfcfcfffjf bkhkilaldfjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,11,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000101110 001 111000100110 111 1010010100110101 10111110100 10100 1111001010101 00 001011111010 101 11010101011 101 01110101111 101 0101010111010 1 101010101110 111 11100010011100 01 101010111010 1001 11000100001101 101011101110 101 110101011111 01 1010001010 10101 001001111111 111 1011101011 10101 11110101010 101 101010101011 101 111110100110 111 11010101010 111 1011101011 10101 01110101010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; some, to, be, and are repeated.

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

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