This is an analysis of the poem Issues Of Race that begins with:

What needs are being sought and chased,
When issues of race......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB acXab dbe dbX ABBeXccXeec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11001 1101000101111 11010011001 010010 0100100 111001 1101001 11000101 011100011100 1111010101 0100100001010001 00110100100101 11110101101 11110111 11001 1101000101111 1010001 10010001010101 00100100 011101 111001 0111101 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Issues Of Race;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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