This is an analysis of the poem Standing On The Backs that begins with:
It doesn't matter how high they raise a ceiling.
It is the floor those folks need to put their feet on....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101111010 000111101111 110011001011 111010001 11010111110 111101010 100110 101000100001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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- summary of Standing On The Backs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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