This is an analysis of the poem Insinuating With A Degradation that begins with:

To compensate for one's sense of failure,
By insinuating with a degradation......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXc XXXd bXd cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101111010 101000001010 00110101010 1010111010001 1101101100 101000100001 11000101001 010101010100 101011101 100101001001 1010010100011 1111 1010010100 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.

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