This is an analysis of the poem Found Where They Decided To Stand that begins with:

After reaching the top...
Full of themselves and peacocking nonstop! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcdecfb ghXXfXe XXfggggd ggXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 1001110011 11011101 01100101 1001010100010 101 001001010 1101110101 1000100101010 111111111 101111 101 110 1010010100 1011101001 1011100 100011111 1 01010 001101011101 11111101001 101 1011010011 101 111100001 1001101 101101010101 1110110111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Found Where They Decided To Stand;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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