This is an analysis of the poem If It Wasn'T As It Is that begins with:
If it wasn't as it is to be noticed and accepted,
The many who oppose would have no reason to object......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcde Acebd XXbcec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 001010000101010 01010111110010 001010100 010111101001 1011010100001010 001010000101010 0001000101 1110100100001 11101110001 1101001010111000 1111110011011 111011101 10101011001 110001001001010 1010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, they 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.
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- summary of If It Wasn'T As It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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