This is an analysis of the poem Many Are The People that begins with:

I see a tree.
But knowing what it goes through, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXb cdcbade XXfccXa bfbfafX Xdeaccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1101011 1010100001 11111 11 010010 111111 11101111 101010 0010011100 11111010011 11 1111010 11110101000 1101010 10101001001000 101110010 11010110101 0010011010100100 1111010 1101101010001 11111101 1001 11011101 01100101 111011011111 10011110010101 111110101110101 1010101111001 1110101111 0101100 111011010101 10010110010101 01100111 111100101110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, many are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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