This is an analysis of the poem Believing That A Right Is Done that begins with:
On one side yet blinded to the other,
And, believing that a right is done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB CB DB EFgEH IB DB EFgEH AB CB EFgEH CB AB DB EbEJkhgJkf AB CB DB EFgEH IBDB EFgEH ABdLDaLD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,5,2,2,5,2,2,5,2,2,2,10,2,2,2,5,4,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100010 101010101 1001000111 101010101 1001001 100010101 011101010 101101 1 011101010 101101 1001011101 00110101 10101000111 00110101 011101010 101101 1 011101010 101101 1111100010 101010101 1001000111 101010101 011101010 101101 1 011101010 101101 1001000111 101010101 1111100010 101010101 10101000111 00110101 011101010 01010101 011101010 01011101 0 111101 1 01011101 0 111101 1111100010 101010101 1001000111 101010101 1001001 100010101 011101010 101101 1 011101010 101101 1001011101 00110101 10101000111 00110101 011101010 101101 1 011101010 101101 1111100010 101010101 1 10001001 00111 10 10001001 00111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word done at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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