This is an analysis of the poem Everyone Else that begins with:

Everyone else,
Has a problem to solve......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABA AXA XcdABbA AcAAeA cXXcfX fffdXeffaAXfA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 101001 11 1011 110011 11 101111111 1111 110110101 1011 101001 1101001101 11 1011 1010101 11 1011 10100101 11 10111001 01101 101110110 0010100101 110111101 1011001 10111010111 01010001010 001110010111 10111010010 11101010100 00111100011001 101111001001 010100110100101 10111011010 1011 10100110101 10111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word everyone is repeated.

    The author used the same word everyone at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word us at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Everyone Else;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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