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

I recall that man and not two centuries
have passed since I saw him,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddaeefagffaah i aaadifhb ajdkXbeabXidlXfjj aafhhgdhhafmbfff cXabledjkXXblj enaXaefoaaanfoaa jjffldoeb fdnj b f laihm jfaad d f a o j f a ffgfd j X X jjlXong
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,8,17,16,14,16,9,4,1,1,5,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111100 111111 1110111110 1011 101 100 11011110 1011010 111011 1010010010 011001011 011101001 010101001 0101011 0101001 10101001 111110111001 01001010 101111 0101011010 101101 110101 101001 110101 1100011 00101100100 1111110111 1010110111 0110101001 0110111011 101111011 111010100 1101010011 110011111 0111101101 111101011 011001 1011 111101011 0101010111 110111111 01010101110 0101010 10101 0101 101111111 110111 1111001101 1011001 111111101 11111111 11110111 1111011 101110010 111111 1111111 111010111 10101110101010 1101110001100 01100101 1111010010 010101 0011111011 11010 11101001 1111001 11010011010 00101010010 10100100011 111000101 011010001010 11111001 111110 0111 0011 10 101 1110 11111 011000010 111001 1010 0100100101 1011 101 111010110 0110101 0110011 010011010 1110110101 1100100101 11010101110010 11001011 1111011111 11110 1010010 110111 11111101 11111001111 111101 1011010110 1101111011 11100111010 10101011 11010 101010100 1101111 1001101110 101101 1010010111 101111111 100100111 11111111 11001111 01101101 01001101 101011001101 1010100101 101011001 100111001 11111111 11111001 111101001 1111011111 100111111 10011011 1011 11101 111110011 11000111101 1101111101 110010110 11111111 11101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; with, to, or, other, he, and, without, him, i, when, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, or, he, i, that, and, enough, not, when, you are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, enough, not, you 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 things is repeated).

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