This is an analysis of the poem This Is No Case Of Petty Right Or Wrong that begins with:

This is no case of petty right or wrong
That politicians or philosophers...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdadXeXeXfXfbXggccccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011010111 1101010100 1111110111 01011001110 0111111100 1100010011 0101101001 1111010101 10110101010 0111001111 1001100101 0101110101 0101011111 10010110100 1101011101 1011110101 1111010100 1110010101 0101010111 1001110110 11101011101 1111011101 0101011101 10111111111 10011011001 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1072
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of This Is No Case Of Petty Right Or Wrong;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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