This is an analysis of the poem Certain People that begins with:
~That's not true.~
*Yes it is.*...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDEFGdG ABA CDEFGGG ABa cDEFGdG ABaA cDEFGGG ABa GG ABAXdG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,3,7,3,7,4,7,3,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 100 111 100 1010 1111 001 1000 01 1 11 111 100 111 1010 1111 001 1000 01 01 11 111 100 1111 11010 1111 001 1000 01 1 11 111 100 1 111 11010 1111 001 1000 01 01 11 111 100 1111 01 11 111 100 111 11 11
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Certain People;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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