This is an analysis of the poem As Long As Their Own Needs Are Met To Satisfy that begins with:

If one has an ability,
Noticed and taken for granted......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccde XcXbbcb bbX bacf fXgX b X bd X X dX bgXe X Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,3,4,4,1,1,2,1,1,2,4,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110100 10110110 11001011010 00110101 100010011001 110011000101 10100001011010 1010001000010 011000010100101 1001010111010 0100011010010 1 001101101000 01110010 10101111011010 111111000111010 00100100 0001 1111101010 110100010 1111101 10101010110101010 10100110100001 01011010 111 110 1101110110 1 10110110 10100111 10111110111 1111011 111111110100 111001000101 01100110 1010110100 010111001001 1110110011 11 1111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of As Long As Their Own Needs Are Met To Satisfy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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