This is an analysis of the poem People Like This Are The Ones Convinced that begins with:

Somewhere,
One may find they are......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAa baCA DEDDBFB aAa baCA eabadba DEDDBFBaXbabaBFBa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,7,3,4,7,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11111 101 1 11 11010 11001 1100111011 1110 1100111011 010100 101011001 11 0101010 11 11111 101 1 11 11010 11001 10101010101 11 0111011101 101 1101010101 10111010 11 1100111011 1110 1100111011 010100 101011001 11 0101010 11 101001101 101 101011101 111 101011001 11 0101010 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; they, if are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of People Like This Are The Ones Convinced;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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