This is an analysis of the poem For Who And Why that begins with:
To those who value it...
Life becomes more precious, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbac dXeefb Xfcde eXebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100 101110 1010110100 1001110 000100011011001 1000111010 11101 111111101111 101011010101 0111101 1011111 101011011 110010 11001 01101010 111111 00100101111 1111 011111 11011 1011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; they is repeated.
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- summary of For Who And Why;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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