This is an analysis of the poem People Will Make Their Decisions that begins with:

People will make their decisions.
Yet deny to have been committed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cc XcbXcXXXa XXa aXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,9,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011010 101010010 010111110 1001010001001 01011011111 11011 110101 110011011 1010111 0100010 1010011 11110 11101001 011010 10111010 11100100 101011100111 0100011101 1000101101 010010100101 100 101001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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