This is an analysis of the poem Embarrassing Predicament that begins with:
If everything had been given to him,
As has been rumored and believed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acXX dd dcecX Xbe fXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,5,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101101001 11010101 1010111100 111101 101101001 110111010 1101 11101011 10100101 110101 110 01101101010 10101001001010 1010101010 10001100010110 1101000100 0100110101 1110100010 101 111111 0101001 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; or is repeated.
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