This is an analysis of the poem Choosing To Become Offended that begins with:
If you can not be direct,
Do not expect this from me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaXab XbXXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111001 1101001 110100010 110111 101000100 1100010101 01010100101 1001011001 01010101 011101 10010011 101110101010 0101010100011 01011000100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, to are repeated.
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- summary of Choosing To Become Offended;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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