This is an analysis of the poem Directed Evil Is Expected To Be Feared that begins with:

What is baffling about this whole process,
Is the time spent listening to those complain......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacbXd AED dcXedbeXXAED
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010111 00111000101 1011110001 1010001010 11101 11101010110 0101100001010 11000101111110 10101000 100 10100010100010001 1111100100001 110111001 11 11001000001000 111001 01010101 111011 001110010 10101000 100 10100010100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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