This is an analysis of the poem For The Favor that begins with:

I am not surprised by critics who have attacked my activities.
And those things I've done with hopes to discourage....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110110110100 11111010010 11111101001110010 1101110010100 1100111110100 0010101110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of For The Favor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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