This is an analysis of the poem People Seek Qualified Leadership that begins with:
You may be right.
Perhaps it is his skin color, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaabc dbXXdcbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101 01000110 10011011 110 1101000110 0101010 110101010100 1110101001001010 110101010 1110 101101101 101001110101 1100101000010110 101010110 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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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