This is an analysis of the poem Strong Enough Not To Express Their Frustrations that begins with:

Explaining themselves with a host of excuses.
Says many things about people like this....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcb ddXdcXcaaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010010010 1101011010 101111110 0011010110 01110100010 00010110100 110111010 1010 001 1110101 00101001001010 110100010101 1101 10110011010 101010011011 100100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Strong Enough Not To Express Their Frustrations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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