This is an analysis of the poem Others Are The Ones In Need that begins with:

Saying something different,
Out of each side of their mouths......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XXad Xd eacaXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 1011011 1011 0101100100100 1111001 1101001000 1110100 10100001 1011111 0100 1110101 1101 00 01 1101101 10101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, it are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Others Are The Ones In Need;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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