This is an analysis of the poem In Affairs Not Theirs that begins with:
Only those with time to find,
What others should do......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbX XXXab cbbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1010101 11011 101101 001001110 100001001110 1001000110101 100101010100 0101001111000 1110010111 011001101111 101110011110 01111110 00111 00101100110 1010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, not are repeated.
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- summary of In Affairs Not Theirs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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