This is an analysis of the poem Soon Coming To A Set Of Eyes Near You that begins with:

They could have had their culture and identity in place.
But many of them because of jealousy, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXXXa dbdceef XabXggaf dXbgfXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101010001 11000010100 111010101 1011111100110100 10101111 110111010 111001 1110 1010100100 10001001100 11010010 101010110010 111110111 0100011101 1000111001001 1100101 0010111010110101 10100111100 0101010101 010110100001001 1101011110 111110101 10101011011 111101011010 001001100011001 0010010100 1001100110000 0100101010001010 001110 1100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word god at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Soon Coming To A Set Of Eyes Near You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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