This is an analysis of the poem Why That Should Be Important To Them that begins with:

When there are those who insist upon doing things their way...
And they do things, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacdcebaecfXdXfXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010110111 1111 11 10011100101 0111110100 1101 1111111 01001010111 10101000101011 101111 01010011101 1111001000 101111100101 101 00101011101110 101 111101011101010 11011011111 1101010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 745
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; things, they, to, their are repeated.

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