This is an analysis of the poem People Have Done This To Themselves that begins with:

I miss sincerity.
And my friends and family members, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCX ADEF B adX B DGD ABCX ADEFg BXDGD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,3,1,3,4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100 111110010 11101 11110101 110100 1100111010 1111011 1101000001 10110001 101010100 0011010001 1100101010 10110001 0011011010 10010 0010001111001010 110100 111110010 11101 11110101010100 110100 1100111010 1111011 1101000001 111110011 10110001 0011011010 10010 0010001111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of People Have Done This To Themselves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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