This is an analysis of the poem Give Them That Right To Stand Out And Shine that begins with:

When one begins a life,
Of obvious habitual lieing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 010001001 1100100010 100100010100 001000101 11110001 1101111010 110101010 01000100010010101 101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Give Them That Right To Stand Out And Shine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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