This is an analysis of the poem Waiting For A Taste Of Humanity that begins with:

People everywhere are starving.
And waiting for a taste of humanity....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCA XddXXXABCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 11010100100 10101001001 001010011010 1011010010 101001000 0100001110001 1111011000011 0110001001 10101110 11010100100 10101001001 001010011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Waiting For A Taste Of Humanity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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