This is an analysis of the poem Protective Defense Mechanism that begins with:
Those who complain about what some do...
And leave the focusing on handling their own business, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcc bbdXeb bdEA XbdEA XXbaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101111 11010011001110 001010 1001 1 111 01 1100101 11010100100 110 1111010100 101110001010 1111101 001010011010 00110100 01010101 01 1101 101010011010 00110100 01010101 100010011010 10110010011010 00110111 111001 1110 0101000100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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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- summary of Protective Defense Mechanism;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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