This is an analysis of the poem Where Are The People Who Say They Love that begins with:
Evil is,
Something......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbCD AbED AbCD AbED FDG FDG AbCD AbEDX FAfFAfFAXFAXFAcFAcFFFXAbCDAcFAcFF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,3,4,5,33,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100 10 1101 011 100 10 10101 0101 100 10 1101 011 100 10 10101 0101 110101111 011100101 110110001 110101111 011100101 110110001 100 10 1101 011 100 10 10101 0101 11100101000 110101111 100 010 110101111 100 1010 110101111 100 011010 110101111 100 1010001 110101111 100 1 110101111 100 1 110101111 110101111 110101111 100 10 1101 011 100 1 110101111 100 1 110101111 110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; to, where, people, who, say, they, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
The author used the same words evil, where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words come, love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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