This is an analysis of the poem They Are Human After All that begins with:

They are human after all, you think,
as the waiter steps up to a table...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbde fgXefec gdXXXXXde chiaehiXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111 1010110010 10101 011010 1111111010 01110111100 111101 011110011 1100101101010 1000101101 0101010 0100001010010 10111 10010100100 1010 110101001 10010101 1010101 101000101 1 1010 00010100001001 111111 1010 11101 0101 1110111 0101001010 1101 01001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

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  • summary of They Are Human After All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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