This is an analysis of the poem They Seek To Be Understood that begins with:
Those who live unpredictable lives...
Speak of wishing to have more control over, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101001 10100110110 1110101010 1101011010010 0111101100101 0111111001010 10111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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