This is an analysis of the poem You Who Wronged that begins with:

You who wronged a simple man
Bursting into laughter at the crime, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXba bcXc XadXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101 100010101 110101011 0101100101 110111011 1010110111 101100110 101010101 1111010010 1111101001 0111010101 11111000101 0110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of You Who Wronged;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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