This is an analysis of the poem Where Are The Others that begins with:

I'm the only one you can think of to come,
When the end of a rope......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdc ecef gbgdX EeEhhaXEhefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101111001 101001 010011101 1110101101101 1011101 100010011101 1110111 1101001 11101001110 1111011000101 11111111101 11111 110111 100111 101001010 11010 1100110 11010 11001101 001110101 111 11010 1111 0101110 111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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