This is an analysis of the poem Quick To Be Thoughtless that begins with:
People who believe themselves to be influential,
And dismiss the activities of others quick....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdcecf bg heicddga Xedd fhjdccXfeXX kXdfhkf jghXX i dccbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,4,11,7,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101001010 101001000101 0101101 0101111 111001000101 10011100 10111001 11101110101 111101 0101010101101000100 10101 01110 10101100100 00101010 1 11101101 1010101010100 0001110100 11 110110001 11111101 10101 10101010111 10010110101 1 11 10101101 111011110 10100011110010 11100111 11010100100010 10111000 1100101001000 101 1100 110111 1010101011 110101 0101011 011 111110001010 10110100 111101101010 1111010 1100111111 11110 11001011 111101101010 1110101010010 1010001010111 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 51
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, you are repeated.
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- summary of Quick To Be Thoughtless;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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