This is an analysis of the poem Appropriately Ignored that begins with:

Reluctant to express a heartfelt passion.
In fear their admissions, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXbc Xcbbbb dX cdacXaX cX cacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,7,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101110 011010 000101010 110100001110 011001 1101101100010 111110110010 1010100111010 110011111011010 0101010010100 001101 11110010110001 11111110101101 1111100 1111010 11111 0101000110010 1110100101110 101101 001010010100110 01001000011010011011 11001011101 100101100 1 01000101110011010 111110100101101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, would, not are repeated.

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