This is an analysis of the poem Some May Not Like What They See that begins with:

With a pinch of anguish.
Seems to always provide, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXab bbccb ddaacXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010 101101 001101 1101001010 101001010010 101010010110 1010010110 1001001101 1010101111 1101010 1111111 1101 101 10110101100 101100101 100110111010 100010010 1010010100 1000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; what, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Some May Not Like What They See;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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