This is an analysis of the poem To A Censor that begins with:
Delay responsible? Why, then; my friend,
Impeach Delay and you will make an end.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaaaXXccdXeeXXffggaabXdd hhiijjkkkk lleeaagg aabbggmmkkaaXbbbbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,10,8,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101001111 0101110111 1101011101 1101011011 1101010101 1101010001 101010001 0011000101 01010011100 0101010101 0101100001 0111110101 11101010101 1001110111 1111010101 1101011101 0101010111 1111011111 1100011101 1111110101 1001110101 1001100101 110011001 1111011101 1101000101 1101011101 1101000101 1101011101 0101010111 1111011111 0101001111 0111010001 1010111101 0101110101 1011010101 11010011101 1100010111 1101011111 1111010111 1111011111 1111011101 1111011101 1101110011 1001011111 1101010101 1101011111 1111110110 1111011111 1111011101 0111010001 0101010111 0111001101 01011001101 1111110101 0111110001 0101110111 1111001101 1101011111 0101011101 1101111101 0100011101 1111001101 11111101001 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 543
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; delay, and, you, to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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