This is an analysis of the poem More About People that begins with:

When people aren't asking questions
They're making suggestions ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccXdeeddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 110010 111110101 1101010110110111 1110110010011 1011 1000110 011010010 01001010 01011011010110 1111110100100 11111111100 1110111101110 110110111101110 1010100101 101110111010101101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 742
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; they're, to, you, work are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, something are repeated).

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  • summary of More About People;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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