This is an analysis of the poem No One Has To Accept New And Fresh Debts that begins with:

No one has to accept new and fresh debts,
With a sitting on their front steps......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbc dbXebf gXddf AGheac abbhbeb AGbXeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011111 00101111 10000100100 10010010010 0110010101 101111110 101001000111 10100001010 1 01011001 011101010010 111111 10111111010 11101 11001101001010 10110111010 1110011111 0010 110 10010 100010001001 00100101001010101 1 01010101010111 000101 0010110110 10011110101 01001110010 10110 1110011111 0010 1100100 01101101100100 010110101 10101010100 101010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of No One Has To Accept New And Fresh Debts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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