This is an analysis of the poem Being Offended that begins with:
What has become to be made acceptable,
As a part of everyday life to live? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDecX fX XXX ABCDeeccfX eX XX X eX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,3,10,2,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010100 1010101101 0010011101001 011010 10110101 111110111 011101101001 1111010 0101011 1101001 1111111 0101101111 11010010100 1010101101 0010011101001 011010 1010111001 001010010010 1111101 0101101 101 1011011011 101101 1101011 111011010 10111 1011100 11101 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Being Offended;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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