This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Learned To Agree that begins with:
If I express with a courtesy and respect I give,
Naturally....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaBCD efBCD gheBCD hbhBgfaf ifhi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010010010111 1000 11011010 011011 11100101 01011101 1101110011 11011010 011011 11100101 011011111 1000101 1011101 11011010 011011 11100101 1 01110 11111001 11011010 110110101 10110101 10011110 11 111001 01111101 010101010 00100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sincere at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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