This is an analysis of the poem They Stand Tall that begins with:

Those who walk and do the talking,
With a doing not to stall......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abBB BXBcd eXedeff BBBbBaaXBXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 0010101 11 10111111 111 101101001 111 0111010 0101 111 11111010 111 011011101 1101 11101011 1010100110001 111 10111111 111 011100111 111 0111110 11101010 1 11 0111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to are repeated.

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  • summary of They Stand Tall;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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