This is an analysis of the poem That's Not All They Do that begins with:
People do not listen to others.
In fact, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeb XcfgX hbgihah heX XdhhXb X iihbfe X Xdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,3,6,1,6,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110010 01 0111010010 1111 1110 1010001010 11 110111101 1010 11101010 101110110 1 10001101 10 111111111 11111 11111010 00101110111 11 111011001011 01110 11010110 1101001110101 0101 1100101101001 111010101 1101101 101111 1 1111 1110101111 1111111010 01110 1111 11110011 11010 1100 011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
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- summary of That's Not All They Do;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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