This is an analysis of the poem Do You Think 'They' Are Conscious Of It? that begins with:
Why is it that some people are racists?
'For the same reason Zebras are black and white.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X abaX cX cdX bX cbccaX aX dbcb bX dX XX cX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,2,3,2,6,2,4,2,2,2,2,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001110110 101101011110 11001011 111100010100 010110010 101100101 11 11011011011 110001 01111 00100010010 111111000 01011101001 11 111011100 110100010 101010 1010010101 0111101 101001 1110010100 1 1100101101 101 10011010001 1111100100100 011111001 1 0100 1 010 1010101101001 101000 111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 Do You Think 'They' Are Conscious Of It?;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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