This is an analysis of the poem Flattered that begins with:
I've been battered,
And shattered by it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXacadbbabXbdABeXXbXce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 11010 10110100101 11 11111101110 0110 1011101 111111 1101011101 1110 111101 01111 11101001 10101010 1010 11010 1101111 01010010 0101000 11111010 111100 11111101 00100010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, to are repeated.
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- summary of Flattered;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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