This is an analysis of the poem I'll Forget The Difference It Would Make that begins with:

There are statistics kept,
That conflict with known truth....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbca X dX X a X e X be XeaXX f XbgX ha gaX aXh X AI fcdhccX AI XXfX AI XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,5,1,4,2,3,3,1,2,7,2,4,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110011 10101 110010 10100100101 1111110101 1110101110100 1111110100 11 0111 10 101010 1101 1 010 1 11110001000 1011100 1 111101010 1 111001001010 110111111 01110 1100101001 1 11 101010011 1111001 1100101 1 101110100 111110 111 010 1100101 11 1 110 0111001 111101010 11 11110011 010 1100101 1 111010100 11011 1010111 010 1100101 10 1 10101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 53
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of I'll Forget The Difference It Would Make;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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