This is an analysis of the poem It’s The Sweet Law Of Men that begins with:

It’s the sweet law of men
They make wine from grapes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc adXX adXc XXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101 11101 111001 111010 001101 10101 010011 011001 001101 011001 100100 10001 01111 11001 00111 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; make, they, from, to, s are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of It’s The Sweet Law Of Men;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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