This is an analysis of the poem Direct Correcting that begins with:
I hate to offend one's ignorance.
I know too well, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC DAAB ABC acefd DAABdbf ABC feXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,5,7,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011100 1111 010011 1110010 011100 00111 101 110011100 1111 010011 0010100 11010101 111000010 110 1010111011 1110010 011100 00111 101 00011010 11101 0100001010 110011100 1111 010011 1100111 11111101 1101001010100001 00 01010101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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