This is an analysis of the poem Give An Inch, They Want A Mile that begins with:
It has become too easy for some to take,
From others with a doing to steal and feel......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcc deffgg X hi jjX idgaacgd X gdhX dXbaiaebd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,1,2,3,8,1,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101101 01000100111 10101110001 010101010011 010110001011 1111001110 101000100101100 1011011 001101101101 00101010101 101001101100 101101111001100 1 1110001 1101 10111011011 1010101001 1110 1110010010010 10110010001 1111101 10101101 1001100101 101110 11110011100 011111000 10111010 1011010 101 1010101000 101010011 1110100010 101001001 111101011010 101 1 01101 0100010010101 010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word give is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase someone connects the lines.
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