This is an analysis of the poem Many Feel Threatened When Approached that begins with:

I've learned many things about the thinking process.
Many feel threatened when approached by someone doing it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb XXcXd bXa cX XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101011 10110101111100 1111000101001 1 011110 0010111011011 101011101010 110101010 10101110110 0111001100 11101010100 1111 10111 11010100 0101001111 111101001110 0111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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