This is an analysis of the poem If People Accept Self Defeating that begins with:

If people accept self defeating...
As an achievement....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaX X XXb XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011010 11010 111110101 00100011 010100101 11011 1 11010 11101 111010111 1011001 001100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of If People Accept Self Defeating;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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