This is an analysis of the poem Fifth Amendment that begins with:

The fear of perjuring herself turned into a tacit
Admission of her guilt. Yet she had the skill...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdeffaXfegfgeXdbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001100010 01000111101 10100100100010 111011010100100 1111001011010 11011111000101 1010111011111 111101101011 1000011011101001 11101010101110 1010110110111 010111100100 110111001000111 11111101011 110100110001 11110010111 11001100011 01001101010101 010110100010101 1010011000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1069
  • Average number of words per stanza: 194
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Fifth Amendment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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