This is an analysis of the poem Investigating Improprieties that begins with:

Investigating Improprieties,
Promises to undo...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXa abccXX babacX dbbcXXdabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010100 100001 01010100001 1101010 00111001 1011 0011010101 1111010 00100110001 1110010 10100 101001 1111101 01000100101 110101 10100101 10101 100100010 010011101 0111 1101010 000100111 1010001010 101110 0101010011 0101101011 1 01000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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  • summary of Investigating Improprieties;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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