This is an analysis of the poem What Everyone Else Has Done that begins with:

It has to be admitted,
People disgruntled can gather quickly......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaX acbdXc XddX ecX XeX Xc XXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,3,3,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010 1001011010 001010101011 0010001 110100010010110101 010100101110001101 1 101000110111 110101001001 00110110111010 0010001 01010111011 1 10011001011 111110 11011011 1100111 1110100100001 11110011111 1111101011 111101001 1110001001000111 11010 1111010110 1111011 110100 101 101111011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of What Everyone Else Has Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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