This is an analysis of the poem People Do An Evil To Choose that begins with:
Some people do an evil to choose.
To be living....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCABCAA AdaXAA eAeAAfbAfcAAbAcAAXAaAAdddXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,28,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111001 0010 110 110111001 0010 110 10111001 110111001 110111001 0111100001 1110111001 00101101011 110111001 10111001 110101100 110111001 001011001010 110111001 10111001 1 1001001011 110111001 1 1001001111 110111001 10111001 101001001111 110111001 001111010101 10111001 110111001 01001001101 10111001 01001001101 10111001 110111001 011 11 101000101 110110 01111 001000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, people, evil, choose are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same word some at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines choose is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word choose at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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