This is an analysis of the poem For You To Address And It To Clean that begins with:

The choice had been yours,
To ignore what is....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCCCBADEAAFGHH AABCCCBADEAAFGHH Xijgkibjbbk X Xih X i XXXfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,11,1,3,1,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 00110 001111 1101 11101 11001101 11111 11011101 1011111101 101111 01010011101 1100100110 0011010101001 101101011110 111100100101 10100100101110 01101 00110 001111 1101 11101 11001101 11111 11011101 1011111101 101111 01010011101 1100100110 0011010101001 101101011110 111100100101 10100100101110 11000111010 11110010000100 1110011 11010 00100010111 100101100001 1101011101 1111001001101 0010101111101 111111 1010011110111101 110011111 1001001101010 11101110101001 110110111001 11101001 01 11 11110010101001 1 111011010110 11111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of For You To Address And It To Clean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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