This is an analysis of the poem Even Those Paid To Be Biased that begins with:

People are awakening to realize,
They've been played....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCADE efXfad ABCADE aXaXecXABCADE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101000101 101 10110010 01110 11011 01111101 111001 1100101 01011101 11010101 00100001 110101011 10101000101 101 10110010 01110 11011 01111101 1011101101101 11110010001111 0110101101 10010101110100 1011010111 100110001001 10101000101 101 10110010 01110 11011 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Even Those Paid To Be Biased;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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