This is an analysis of the poem Accessories To A Crime that begins with:

A DISPLAY and PERFORMANCE,
Of a ROUTINE......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccaXX bXb dbeddbXaXddedeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011010 0001 1101101 11010 0011001 10100111010 0100 1001000010001010 110100010100010 111110 110101000110 1110001101010 101001010011101 01110101010 0100111101 1101011010 11110101010001 1000110100001101 11010000100 01010010 1101011011 0101011010010 111110100010 0011010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, one's, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Accessories To A Crime;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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