This is an analysis of the poem People Are Desperate that begins with:
When is it time to defend one's beliefs?
Prior to preparing breakfast, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXX bcd eXedc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001001101 10001010 110101 00100101 0010 010100010001 111000101 1101 1011000000100 01001101 1101000100 111010101 1011011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; to is repeated.
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- summary of People Are Desperate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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