This is an analysis of the poem Get Your Opinions Notarized that begins with:

Everybody has a right,
To express their own opinions....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XacbdeX Xeaba adX X bcaX XadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,5,3,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 00111010 11100111 01 101 10011010 0111 101110010 01000 111110101000 011 1101 1011101 11010001 1101011 1 10101011000 11111010 01101001 101100111 110101101001 1101110111001 11 100110 1011101 01010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of Get Your Opinions Notarized;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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