This is an analysis of the poem Conned that begins with:
We have allowed a con to go on.
With hopes a duping will uncover the truth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXAbA cBcDD CDCD cBccCDCDXACAcACAcAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110101011 01010001001 110101011 01010000001 110101011 100010001 111100010101 100010001 101111101 10001010101 110110101 10001010101 110110101 101111101 11011101 111100010101 00100010001 100010001 110110101 10001010101 110110101 101111101 1001010101 110111001 1001010101 11011001001 1001010101 110111001 1001010101 1101100101 1001010101 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, be, we, with, conned, condoning, that, continues, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, conned are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines on is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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