This is an analysis of the poem Flip That Guilt that begins with:

Too quiet are those silent nights.
When guilt decides it is time to visit....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXabXcbb baC aaC DaD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1101001010 1101010 0011100111 101111010 0100101011 0101 1100100101 11101 1111 01001100 01011100 01010101 00100111 010 01010101 1001111101 101 1001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; it is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Flip That Guilt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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