This is an analysis of the poem Who Are We? that begins with:
Who are we?
And where do we go......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 11111 01101 111101 001010 0101111 10111001 0101110 011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
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- summary of Who Are We?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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