This is an analysis of the poem Who Other Than He And His Has Anything Left that begins with:

Strategically...
He leaves the world in shambles! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCB dced Xfdddc bbgXhf aBCBcXh XXfgXefXgfad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,6,7,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 1101010 1110100001 11101101010 110101001 00111 10101100001 1 1010 111 101011010 1101110 111011111110 1100101 111000101 0101011 100110100110 00011101010 1110101101 1101101 0100 1101010 1110100001 11101101010 101010101010101 001010000 1011110111 011110010 1101010110 111011001 111 011 110011110101 1010 11111111 110111011011 110100010100110 11101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Who Other Than He And His Has Anything Left;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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