This is an analysis of the poem Drastic Measures Employed that begins with:
I don't cater to excuses.
In fact, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX acXdXbddcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11100010 01 1110101 110001 111010010 0100001011010 100010 100111 10011011 101001011101 010100101 101001 1100010001 0101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Drastic Measures Employed;
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- idea of the verse;
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