This is an analysis of the poem I Can'T Argue With Your Assessment that begins with:

How many times has my reluctance to say no,
Left me feeling as if I have betrayed myself? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcbXXd X efXddgga dcXdXeXfdhX feh dX e X Xe X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,11,3,2,1,1,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010011 111010110111 11001011 1101101100 1101110101001 001101000111010 1111000100001 100110010 10 1110101 1110100 10111010110 10110011010 1110110111 101011101101 110010011011 011111101 11 100110 111011010111 00100010010 001001110 1100101101 01110001 1110100 10011011010 10 1110 1 11001 1111001010 100101010011 111011110 110100 1001 001001111010 1101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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  • summary of I Can'T Argue With Your Assessment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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