This is an analysis of the poem More Supportive that begins with:

Most of them fear truth.
And they are doing the best they can, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbaXXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011 111100111 0100010100 0100110111010 01010011001010 1101 110010111111 0010110101 110101 11101000010001 111111111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; they is repeated.

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  • summary of More Supportive;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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