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

where we come from, sometimes, beauty
floats around us like clouds...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcd bbbefXbbXfegXdeXXXggchaXhXdXhbdgXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,35,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 101111 01110001 111110111011 11111010111 111001110 1010111110 101100100101 111101110 0101111111 001001011000 11110101 111101101110 11110010111 110111011 1111011101 100101101101 0101101000110 0011010101010 1111011010001 0011111101101 010001001111110 1010110111111000 1100101100101101 10101010011 1010111 111111010 11010100110 1101001011 101001011011 10010011010100 101110101101 101101100010 1001011111101 1010011001 11110100010 101110101 110101111 1111001001 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 883
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of People Of Watts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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