This is an analysis of the poem People Think They Can Be Saved that begins with:
Giving up on the old to hold.
And importance given to them to mention....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABCBdAEfaAgAEf ABABCBdAEf AGEGXGAgAEfXAGEGAgAEffeAEf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,26,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 10101000010 10111101 00101010 10111010 01001010 1 11111 01 010 1011011 1011101 1 11111 01 010 10110101 10101000010 10111101 00101010 10111010 01001010 1 11111 01 010 1011101 01 10111101 01 1011101 01 1011101 1 11111 01 010 1011101 01 10111101 01 1011101 1 11111 01 010 11110 001000111 11111 01 010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 51
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; giving, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.
The author used the same words giving, people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of People Think They Can Be Saved;
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