This is an analysis of the poem They Themselves Deceive that begins with:
When people sell with a doing,
To those who become sold......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCXCCXdecb ffCfCedeCaC CFCfCCCFCf CGCGCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,10,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010 011011 10101 001011111 10101 10101 110011001 00100101001 10000101 110101 01101111 1010111101 010001101111 10101 001011001010 10101 1010111001 01101101001 1011101001 10101 0100010 10101 10101 0010010111 10101 10101000111 10101 10101 10101 0010010111 10101 00101000111 10101 00100000111 10101 00100000111 10101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to, themselves, deceive are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines deceive is repeated).
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- summary of They Themselves Deceive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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