This is an analysis of the poem Competitor To Deceive that begins with:
It is not that I am against relationships.
I am just one taught to be cautious....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aa bcbdbb AXXeXcbe dcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,8,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001111010101 111110010 10101 1001101010 0110110100100 01010101 001010110100 0101001101 001111010101 11111110 0101010010 11010001 10010100111000 111000101011 1101010 11101100100001 1 1010001010010 01001111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Competitor To Deceive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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