This is an analysis of the poem Where Are The Minds Of The People that begins with:

Where are the minds of the people,
Infected to manifest......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abb AcCDE AXbf ABG AXff Add Ahhcb AIAI ABG AIAI AIAI AcCDEXAIAI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,3,4,3,5,4,3,4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 0100101 100100101 11010010 010 0001 101001101 1111 11010010 0101100 0101011 110001 11010010 1110111 00100011111 11010010 1010 1101 100100010010101 11010010 101 101111101101 11010010 1110 101110100 010010 00101 11010010 011001 11010010 011011 11010010 1110111 00100011111 11010010 011001 11010010 011011 11010010 011001 11010010 011011 11010010 010 0001 101001101 1111 11010010 011001 11010010 011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Where Are The Minds Of The People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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