This is an analysis of the poem Allowing Themselves To Die that begins with:
They are allowing themselves to die.
As if to hide their indisgressions....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbaXbaXXaacdcabdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100101 100111000 11001 00101010010 010010 1111 10001111110 010001 11111 01000100101 0100100101 1010100 010111 1100111010 10011001101 11111100 110101111001 11001 1100100001 100 110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 688
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word believing is repeated.
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