This is an analysis of the poem Not To Take What They Do That Deep that begins with:

There are people who can not pretend,
They can show to have their empathy believed......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababc XX de XX dadecbfdfX X Xg gX Xe fX eb XXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,2,2,10,1,2,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 11101110001 0010001010101010 1110110101 001110100011 11100 1 1011010 0101110001010 11110001011010100 10 1101111111111 1101 1101001001010 1110101001 111100 1111100110010 110110010011 10111 11 1110101101111 11 111 11010010 0010001011 11 11110101 1 1010100 11111100010011 110110000100111 01 110111010 111 111 1110000011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Not To Take What They Do That Deep;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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