This is an analysis of the poem Who Would Had 'Thunk' It To Be So... that begins with:

No one said anything about it being easy,
To walk away from that which has been indoctrinated......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdefg ffgfbABC XdXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101010 01010111001010 111011 000100010 01011101001 100100001011111 0010010010 10111010001000 100100101 1100001001110 0101000101001110 00100101011010 1111010101010 01010111001010 111011 111110011 1011011011010010 11110001 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, been are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Who Would Had 'Thunk' It To Be So...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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