This is an analysis of the poem They Would Rather Have Others Decide that begins with:
People who discredit others,
Or have values to demean with embellishment......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacX XXXXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 111000100100 1010011101010101 101001011001 1011 1111010111 111011001 110101110 11010111001 101111010100 01010101110 11011010100 01011000110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, to are repeated.
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