This is an analysis of the poem When That Humanity Within Us Has Been Touched that begins with:

When that humanity within us,
Has been touched......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXbX XabAb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110100011 101 00100001100010 11000101 1101010101 01001001111 110001101 010101101001 110100011 101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of When That Humanity Within Us Has Been Touched;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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