This is an analysis of the poem If I Did It that begins with:

If I did it.
I would place obscene calls, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXXXXcbdcXcA AXXaa AXb edXaaeac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,5,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 111011 0101101111 11111 1011101 1011 11011110 0110011 11110 011010 111010010 1111111011 010010110100111 0100 0100 11101101 1110011101101 111101 11001111011 0100 111101001 11111111 11100111010 111001 111110 110010010010 0100 110 1110101111001 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, and 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of If I Did It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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