This is an analysis of the poem A Factor No Longer Hidden that begins with:

I would not advise or recommend to anyone,
Who has grown accustomed to portraying themselves......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbaX ccaXXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110111010100 111010001001 110010010100101 11001001 111010010000100100 1001010001010 1010010001010010 110101001001 00100010010101 1100101001010 00100011001010 1100001010010 100011 100010101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; to, of are repeated.

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  • summary of A Factor No Longer Hidden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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