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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXaccXda X eea X fbcea dX afXcc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,3,1,5,2,5,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 10101010110 001000101 10010010011110 01101000110100 110011000010101 1001001010011001 1101011001 11000101100100 001010011010100100 1111010001 100101 11111 0101 110100101 110 11 1110010 10101 10010000100 11010 11011111100 11 111101000 01 101010001 1100011 1 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

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

  • summary of Everyone Is Looking To Impress;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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