This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Alarm The Passengers that begins with:

Steward...
Is it my imagination, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dEAFFCAGX X bXaXecX e XEeX c cXdX X aX b XEdEAFFCAGX Xd XeddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,1,7,1,4,1,4,1,2,1,11,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 00101010 10011001010 1010100 11 0010001 10101100 10110010001 11001010 010001 1001010010010 10101011010101 11110110111 110100110010 10 1011001111 110 11101101 0100101 101011011011 111 1 1110101011 111001001011 110010011111 1110101010 10001 101110011101 110110110010 111010010 1100111 1011 10110110101 11101 1 1110101011 1010100 11 0010001 10101100 10110010001 11001010 010001 1001010010010 10101011010101 1 110110 1 11011 110 11010 01110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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.

    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 Don'T Alarm The Passengers;
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