This is an analysis of the poem Many Don'T Get It At All that begins with:

The bolder ones get all the gold.
At least this is the story we are told, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCC BBD XecdFXGH BBDFXGH Xbc BBDFXGHXhXeh BBDFXaf AABCC Xa BBDgHXhXbBdHXH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,8,7,3,12,7,5,2,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 1100010111 11 11011 01001 10110 10110 11011011 10001010 11101 10001010 11101 1011101 11 10101 111 10110 10110 11011011 1011101 11 10101 111 0111101101 1001011111 11010101 10110 10110 11011011 1011101 11 10101 111 11 11010111 11 01010001 111 10110 10110 11011011 1011101 11 1011111 111 01011101 1100010111 11 11011 01001 11111111 1011101 10110 10110 11011011 101 111 11 1011101 11 1110110 10110 11011011 01111111 11 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; it, many, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word many is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word strong at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Many Don'T Get It At All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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