This is an analysis of the poem Prompted By Debate that begins with:
Often those who say they mean well,
Do so....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaababXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111 11 11000010 1010111011 10100001010 11001010101 011000010 10001 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Prompted By Debate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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