This is an analysis of the poem What Is It They Don'T Understand? that begins with:
Why haven't they boarded the lifeboats?
~They first wish to discuss, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ABC dX ABC dXABC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,2,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110011 111001 0100010110100 111100010 1 1100100110 111001 0100010110100 111100010 10011101 111001 0100010110100 111100010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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