This is an analysis of the poem Too Many Weak On The Streets Seek that begins with:
Those unaccustomed,
To self-respect......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcb ABCB BCBBBCBB XbCdEAACdEAA ABCB CdEAA CdECdACdECdACdFCdGCdHXCdECdACdECdACdFCdGCdH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,12,4,5,43,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 0101 111010 011101 11010 0010011 01111110 10110101 1111 01111001 1111 001011101 1111 01111001 1111 001011101 11011101 001 1101101 1 1010 111 01101 1101101 1 1010 111 01101 11010 0010011 01111110 10110101 1101101 1 1010 111 01101 1101101 1 01010 1101101 1 101 1101101 1 01010 1101101 1 101 1101101 1 11 1101101 1 11 1101101 1 110100 1101101 1 01010 1101101 1 101 1101101 1 01010 1101101 1 101 1101101 1 11 11101101 1 11 11101101 1 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; and, to are repeated.
The author used the same words those, too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word opportunity at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Too Many Weak On The Streets Seek;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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