This is an analysis of the poem They Would Like To Be Viewed As Peacekeeping Healers that begins with:

People had spent years...
Sometimes lifetimes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabXaXXbXbXabbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 0111 01010101110 111100 01 111001111010 1101000111 110010010101010 1101111 1011000 1 110110101100 100 101110111010 001 1100010110 1100110111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of They Would Like To Be Viewed As Peacekeeping Healers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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