This is an analysis of the poem Everyone Will Become Affected that begins with:

Houses built on stilts,
And on mountain sides that slide....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaa acXXb ddbaceebb ddbXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1110111 10101100 00011101101 1110101 110110110111 11010101010 11010 111110 1001110010101 1001111101 101011111001 10101000 010010101010 01001 1010101 01001 1010101101 010101 0101011001 101100010 001101001011 1000111001 101001010 0101011001 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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