This is an analysis of the poem Let Us Not Jump To Conclusions that begins with:

Were their actions inspired and motivated,
By racial hate? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XcdX cXb eXXfga hXfea dcccX icgai XXaiX bXhabic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,3,6,5,5,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001011010 1101 1 11110010 111100010 01010110000 1101010101010 11 100101110101 101000010 11 010001 10010100100 10100001010101100 0010011 110 1110111 0111000100 10011000101 0101 111010010 01011 1111000010 10010101 1100001001011 1111100010111 1001111011100100 01111110011010 101000010101111101 110001110101000101 101011010 00111010101 10111010 11011100101 0100010 01 11011010 110 101010 11111 101110 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Let Us Not Jump To Conclusions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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