This is an analysis of the poem People Rather Shop that begins with:
People rather shop,
Than to stop to pay attention....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXXcDCEfCX AbXXbDCBfCX ABDDCBfCXfCX AagbDDCEfCX aagDDfCBgCffCXXAAaAAg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,12,11,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 10101010 11 110101 1011101 11 110101 1110101001 1 10101 1011100 10101 10101110 111 110101 011001 11 110101 101110010 1 10101 1011101 10101 10101010 11 11 110101 101110010 1 10101 1011101 1 10101 11101010010 10101 11 10101 10 11 11 110101 1110101001 1 10101 111100100 110101 11 1010100111 11 11 1 10101 101110010 1 10101 11110001 1 10101 11111010 10101 10101 1010111 10101 10101 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, people, rather, shop are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.
The author used the same word people 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 they, shop are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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