This is an analysis of the poem Someone Influential that begins with:

Three piece suited and tied crooks,
Are becoming too comfortable...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXd aXea dXfagehdf fgedaedXah X bcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,9,10,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 101011000 101101 1101011101 01011 011101001 111101101 1100101 010101110 0101101110 1101 101101 1101101 101011101 001110 101000001 01110 110101010 10111010 1111101 11101 101 11110010 1111101 11010110 010001110010 1010101001 00101010 101111010010 111001010011 101 11111 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; and, they, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Someone Influential;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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