This is an analysis of the poem We Need A Few More Optimists that begins with:

We need a few more optimists,
The kind that double up their fists...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbccddee Aabbccffgg Aaggggaadd Aahhffgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 01110111 11110101 01110001 11011101 110101001 11010011 11110101 11001101 01110101 11011100 11001101 01010111 11011101 01000101 110101001 11011100 01010101 01001101 01110101 11011100 01011101 01011111 11011101 01011101 11010111 11010111 10000111 11010111 01111100 11011100 01011101 11001101 11100101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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