This is an analysis of the poem The Men That Don'T Fit In that begins with:

There's a race of men that don't fit in,
A race that can't stay still;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgXgX hihicdcd ijXjdaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101011110 011111 111010111 1110110 110111101 1110101 100100101 1111101 011111111 1111111 11111000111 1110111 1110111101 101111100 111111111 0100101 110111111 0010101 001010101 1100111 110110111 0110101 1111100111 00100111 11111111101 1111111 100100111 1100101 111110100101 1110101 10101101001 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; they, and, he, has are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, he's are repeated.

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  • summary of The Men That Don'T Fit In;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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