This is an analysis of the poem To Either Reject, Accept Or Ignore that begins with:

The majority of the people disbelieve,
With a kept contempt used as their defense......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXXX XaXX cacXbaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001000010001 0010111101 1001000010101 010111010 1000101010 1100101110 10 10010011101 00010101000110 0110100100 0010010110010 010001010110010 11101000100111 010101010001010 101110000100101101 0010010101 1010101101011010 010 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of To Either Reject, Accept Or Ignore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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