This is an analysis of the poem They Are Trying To Find Something, Someone... that begins with:

They are trying to find something,
Someone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dee fghdg abh X bIjbIaeh hfXh bcjjXfjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,3,1,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 11 11101 1011100101 01111 10111110 10111101 01010100 11011011 000101011 01110100 11100110 11 1011101 1011100 111 01 010111 11 01 10 010 10111111 11011 101101111 1111 1111 10111 111010011 10001 010110011 1111110100 01010110101 1111010111 101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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