This is an analysis of the poem Blamed On Theft that begins with:
The only thing overlooked but needing audit,
Is......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbBcAbB AbBcAbB aCXCXacXXAAAAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110111010 0 11 1 01011010001 0 11 010110111010 0 11 1 01011010001 0 11 11111010 011001 11110110 011001 11110101 0101010101 101001110100 1101000111000 0100011111 01000111 0100011111 01000111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word minds at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Blamed On Theft;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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