This is an analysis of the poem Some People Say that begins with:

Some people say that I revolted to dethrone.
Such is a defect far from my character....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXeeaXdfcfcdfXcXXgbchccgcdghiXXeXic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010001 10001101100 111110 10011 1101001001 1010010110 1101010100110 011010010 110101 10100100011 0011101000101 1001010 10100011 11000110000010 011111001011011 1110001 1101100 0111001001 110101000 1010001100 10011 1110110 10010111001 111000100 00100101 10100101011 111100100 1010010 1010010 0101011110001 01000100100 1101011 1100100010 0101001 101110010 0001001 111110 11001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 232
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.

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