This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Do Not Dance that begins with:
A crippled child
Said, “How shall I dance?”...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbA accA XbaA XXdA cXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 11111 1111 11 100101 1111 1111 11 1101110 111111 1111001 11 111001 11101001 11111001 11 1010010 0101001 101011111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Those Who Do Not Dance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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