This is an analysis of the poem Where Is It Given that begins with:

People can be evil!
And......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCAdceffbgf EgFEgFEEgd hfhbhheEgFEbBF EgFEbgF EgFEgF AbCaAaeEgFEbF EgFEbgFXEgFEbBF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,14,7,6,13,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1 011 101010 10 10101 1 1001 10110111 1 1001 01000110101 100 10 11 100 110010001 11 100 100 10 001101100 101101 111 111 1 101111 011110101 1 100 10 11 100 1 10010001 11 100 10 11 100 1 10010001 11 100 10 11 100 110010001 11 101010 1 011 11 101010 00101011101 1 100 10 11 100 110010001 11 100 10 11 100 1 100100010 11 100 10 11 100 1 10010001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; it, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.

    The author used the same word 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 it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Where Is It Given;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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