This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Allowed This To Happen that begins with:
We teach.
They learn....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC DDD CXc eeXe FGXHB eifBXi ABC DDD CeXb FGXHB BBB ciiXBBBi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,5,6,3,3,4,5,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 11 11111101 11 11 11010101 1001 10101 01001 1101101010 10110001001 1011 10101001 11110 11001010 010 11100 110100 01101010 00111100011 0010101101 1010010 11010 00111 11 11 11111101 11 11 11010101 1001 111010 01010 101101010 11110 11001010 010 11100 110100 1010010 1010010 1010010 1110011 1010101 101011 1010010 1010010 1010010 011011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, allowed, you've, this, to, happen are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, you've are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines happen is repeated).
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