This is an analysis of the poem For Them 'That' Goes Unrecognized that begins with:

Sad are those who sit and criticize.
With nothing to value but a love to despise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA Xbc AA XcdXbd AA aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,6,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 010010101001 1011010001 110110 110001 111111101 010010101001 11000100 10110101 1111101111 100010010100 1010010 01001010011 111111101 010010101001 1100001010 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, for, them, and are repeated.

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  • summary of For Them 'That' Goes Unrecognized;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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