This is an analysis of the poem The One Who Leads that begins with:

We the people...
Seem to become influenced, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXcaXcdcbbadbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 1001100 1101010 01001110101 0101000101010 101010001000111 110001010 10111101 111001111 100101100 111101 111 1111 00010010 0111110101 001010101011 0100 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of The One Who Leads;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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