This is an analysis of the poem With Beliefs They Are Entitled that begins with:

When one is young and alone.
And survives in environments, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacb bbdXd dadc cXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 10100100 110001 11001 0010100 1111100100 1010101111100 1 1111010 11011000101 00111010 011011 001010 0111001101 10010101 011111 000101001 11111 10100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; they is repeated.

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  • summary of With Beliefs They Are Entitled;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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