This is an analysis of the poem The Reckless Ones that begins with:
The ones that do not listen,
Seem the ones who can hurt the most....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDcXdX ABCDXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111110 10111101 0101 100101001 01110110010 10101 110001 11010001111 0111110 10111101 0101 100101001 011110 001010100 111111 011100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ones is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Reckless Ones;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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