This is an analysis of the poem You Know The Ones that begins with:

Aren't you tired of the folks who pass judgement?
You know the ones... ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbcb XAaccXc ddacdcXAc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100011110 1101 10111111 1110110111110 1010010111101 1011011111010 1101 101110 01110111 1111001 00111111 11001010001001 1011101101010 1111111101 1011110111001 1010101 0011110001 001010111 1101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; you, to, they are repeated.

    The author used the same word aren't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of You Know The Ones;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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