This is an analysis of the poem Critique 'This' If It's Wished that begins with:

Critique 'this' if it's wished.
Decisions to be made with a decisiveness, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbccbadXaedfghbA X egeiA X fjcicA X geiehce AFAFJ AFAFJc AFAFJej AFAFJc Ajhh A C A c A CXAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,5,1,6,1,7,5,6,7,6,4,1,1,1,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 010001000100 110010110 1001101 01001001010 0010010101 01000111101000101 10100100010 01110100 0010101011010 001011010010101 11111101111 01110010100001 1110110110100 001000010 110010011 011001 11 010101101 010010100100010100 11111000101 1011101 011001 11011011010010 110 0011011101001 0111 10101110001 1001001001 011001 111001000 010 111111101 00010110101 0101010 10100101 110100110 011101011 010001 1101011 010001 1110111101 01101111111 010001 1101011 010001 1110111101 01101111111 10100110101 010001 1101011 010001 1110111101 01101111111 111101 0101 010001 1101011 010001 1110111101 01101111111 10100110101 010001 11010111 001011011 01100111 011001 0101101 011001 010101 011001 0101101 011001 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • 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; to, time, with, of, you, if are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, critique are repeated.

    The author used the same word critique at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wished is repeated).

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