This is an analysis of the poem On Their Own Terms that begins with:
On their own terms,
People have a right to do and choose......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX XaXbaXXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 101010111 111 011101100 110 111110110 10101001100111 10001011010 101111 1010101000 0111101 1100100111 11011000010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of On Their Own Terms;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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