This is an analysis of the poem In The Business Of Others that begins with:
People with a knack,
For keeping their noses......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbXacc X bbbXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 110110 001001010 110011101 1101 101100100 1111011010 1101010 101000101001 111111110101 110 10111 10001100101 0101001010111 0110010 1 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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- summary of In The Business Of Others;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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