This is an analysis of the poem If I Was Inclined To Criticize that begins with:
If I was inclined to criticize,
I would first research the motive......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcaXXXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010101 11101010 1110001011 1101110011 011010101 110 11011000001010 11 010111110 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If I Was Inclined To Criticize;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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