This is an analysis of the poem Somewhere Someone Will Listen To Them that begins with:

I don't expect anyone to be familiar,
With my memories....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcXc aabdeaX XdeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110000010 01100 011110101 1110 1100010111 111110111101 101110011 1101000 11011010 101011111 1011111 1011100010001 1111101010101 01011010 111111 11001010101 10110011111 11110100011 0101010110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.

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  • summary of Somewhere Someone Will Listen To Them;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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