This is an analysis of the poem If Someone 'Is' Dismissed that begins with:

Do not believe for one second,
One dismissed sits and fidgets......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXB CBCDE AaXfe CBCDE AXBXXXX bbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,5,7,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 1011110 1011001 1100111010010 100111001 110010 0011010 1101110100001 11011110 101101000010 00010011110100 11001101100010 0110010 1100111010010 100111001 110010 0011010 1101110100001 11011110 1011110 1011001 110100 011110110100 0010100111 1111100 011101 110100 111001000 1010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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  • summary of If Someone 'Is' Dismissed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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