This is an analysis of the poem Politeness that begins with:
If people ask me,
I always tell them:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXACXCBaXX X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 11110 101110101010 01011 11110 10111111010 11110 11110 0111 010 101 11 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, always are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Politeness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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