This is an analysis of the poem Has It Been Noticed that begins with:

Has it been noticed...
Egotistic people with kept egos, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdABDceabd AdfAfa AEDGDB ABCdABD AEDGDBXABcABaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,7,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 1000100110 1010011 1 10010 1000100110 1001101 1 100110101 1 01101 1101 10010 101011110 10110001 10010 110100101 1110100100 10010 1010100110 10110101 101111110 011011 101 10010 1000100110 1010011 1 10010 1000100110 1001101 10010 1010100110 10110101 101111110 011011 101 10010 1000100110 1010111 10010 1000100110 10111 11001 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; who is repeated.

    The author used the same word has at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Has It Been Noticed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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