This is an analysis of the poem Wendell P. Bloyd that begins with:

They first charged me with disorderly conduct,
There being no statute on blasphemy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefcfgXXfdbgcXXXbae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010010 1101101100 101111101 111100110101 10110 11110101101 0101001 100110100011110 11101101110010 11101 1111010011010 0100101 111110010 1110110100010100 1001110101 001110100101011 101011000100101 10111110111 10001011111010 1101111100100100 0101011101011 0110010100010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1023
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Wendell P. Bloyd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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