This is an analysis of the poem The Sun Sets On Their Backs that begins with:
People today upset,
Expect the effects of change......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccdXX cXccb eeaaa adcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100101 0100101 001010 10100 11010 11011001011 101100101101 10101 1001101001 1111001001 1111101101 10100111 010011110 011001111 1010110101 1001101 1100010001 1 10100100111 0101 001111010 1110111011 1101111 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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- summary of The Sun Sets On Their Backs;
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- idea of the verse;
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