This is an analysis of the poem We Are Envied that begins with:
How dare you say what's on your mind.
How dare you expose the inequities you find....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXXaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 111010010011 1111100111 11110100010 11100100010 00010011101 1001010001 1101011001000 1110 10111 00101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; you, how, dare are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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