This is an analysis of the poem An Honest Self Examination that begins with:
I am not one to assess another's flaws,
With wishes they perceive my view of life....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXb abcdXbXcbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 11110010101 0101011101 11111110100 00101011101 11010101011010 01001111 1011010100 1010100010101 1110101 11000111001 11110110101110 10111111101101 11110011 11111001000100001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, them are repeated.
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- summary of An Honest Self Examination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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