This is an analysis of the poem Worthless that begins with:
They think of themselves as worthless.
And they are....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbc dcXedff aeeaX AccXbbae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001110 111 01101100101 1010101010 0010000100 101111 10010101 01110 11101000 10010001 11001010 110100110 011001001 1011101011 110100111010 0010011100 11001110 1000001010 10010101110 11011101 010111101 001101 1011101 1110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, their, they, and are repeated.
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