This is an analysis of the poem They Are Not That Kind Of People that begins with:

Remember all the people that you backstabbed,
Gladly....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cccDXcXbe XaECD ECX XaECD ECcXECD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,5,3,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101011100 10 111011100111 01010101111 101 111111 1111 111101010 1111 11111010110 010101110 1111 010101011100 10 111 111 1111 111 111 10 010101011100 10 111 111 1111 111 111 1111 111 111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; you, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words remember, now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of They Are Not That Kind Of People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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