This is an analysis of the poem Self Esteem And Identity Issues that begins with:

Who is to say,
How someone else should be? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbXbXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 111110 111111001 0100111000101 10100101101101 1010010 1111101110100100 1100101101010 00111011100100 11111000101101001 111011000100111 010010111000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Self Esteem And Identity Issues;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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