This is an analysis of the poem Some People Have Been Hypnotized that begins with:
Stand back and analyze,
Why truth is out of sight....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcDC ABcBB CEAA CAAC ABcDC CAAC CEAA ABcBB CAAC caaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110101 1 11010 11101 111101 110101 1 110111 1010111 101111 1001101 1010101 1110101 11010101 11010101 11011111 101101 111101 110101 1 11010 11101 11010101 11010101 11011111 101101 101111 1001101 1010101 1110101 111101 110101 1 110111 1010111 11010101 11010101 11011111 101101 111010101 11110101 11010111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, some, people are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same word stand at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Some People Have Been Hypnotized;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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