This is an analysis of the poem The Ones Who Come To Witness that begins with:

Don't choose to fret.
Over those upsetting, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcacd EaEXfeX EcEaEca aXaag aBbdafa AHAaAHXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,5,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101010 0111 11111 101011 1011 11 10101001 11 11010100 111101 10010010 10101111 11 1110010 11 10101 11 1111 111101 11101 10101010 11011 10101001 111011 111 101010 011010 11101 110101 110001 1100010001 1001 11111101 1001 11011 1001 11111101 1000111 010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 author used the same words you, don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Ones Who Come To Witness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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