This is an analysis of the poem Methods Used To Assess that begins with:

People have come to assess and evaluate others,
On standards that have been chosen as long valued....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011010110 110110101110 100010111010 1010011101010010 1111010011011 01010111110001 1101101100100100 110100110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Methods Used To Assess;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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