This is an analysis of the poem Found Offensive To Those Told that begins with:

Deception always seems to have...
Hands outreached to grasp and hold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXa baaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11000111 001010101 1101001010 100100011 011000010 01010 10010 100100101 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Found Offensive To Those Told;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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