This is an analysis of the poem Making A Stand To Complain that begins with:

There will always be those,
Making a stand to complain......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXaacX acXXaXadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 1001001 0111 1111001 10110 10101001 100010101010 11000101001 011011111001 100011 101100010101 1110101 01011010 1010010110100 111 0110010010111 10101101100 1010001000110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Making A Stand To Complain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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