This is an analysis of the poem People Like This that begins with:
They are always on the run,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcAbdAbDcDDEAfGGfGa AbDcDDEAfGGfGXfGdgf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 0 1011011 1111101 0 1011011 1111101 0 1010011 010 110 111 1011101010 1101001 1 1010 10010110 1 1010 110101 1111101 0 1010011 010 110 111 1011101010 1101001 1 1010 10010110 1 1010 10010111 1 1010 1111011111 11010 11110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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.
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