This is an analysis of the poem To the People Of the Present that begins with:

Why we don't make them distinguished -
Our thoughts - with heart's vibration,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbcc bbbb accc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010 1101010 10101110 11101010 11111010 10111010 01100010 01101110 11110010 10111010 01100010 10100110 1101001 00111010 0010101 10101010 01011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word just at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To the People Of the Present;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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