This is an analysis of the poem We Are Many that begins with:

Of the many men whom I am, whom we are,
I cannot settle on a single one....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd efbX ebghbi ibbXgX jifkjii cgkcXhgaXheihkijiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,6,7,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00101111111 1101010101 1110110010010 11010101010 11011001 011110100100 0111011110 11011110111 1100101110001 01001010 1111010101 0100100101 1011100 0010101010 101011001 010010110 11001101 11011010111 1111001011 111111010 10111 1011001010 1001010 1101000 1011101101 1110100011 101010010 11110111010 11011101 1111011111 1110111110010 11100100101 1111110101 01011011101 11101110101 1111011101 11111110101 11101001110 0101010101 010110101111 1011011001 10101010001 111001111101 1111001110 111101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my, i, to, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, to are repeated.

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  • summary of We Are Many;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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