This is an analysis of the poem Is It Possible that begins with:

Is it possible,
To hold others responsible......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaXbXcXD AaecXecDa AddffghdaX hdXecdieX AcX cabdigXeaiXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,10,9,3,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100 01100100 10010110001 1111110 0010101 1010101 01010111 0100 00100 01100100 1100100111 11101101 100110010 101101 1 0100 00100 00100 010101 11110101111 01101 10101111 11110111 10010100111 101011101111 11000100 00010010 001001111 01101011 010100010011101 1100111010001 001000 11101010001101 111001 10011010 111 00100 11100 1100100010101000 1 001100 1101011010 0101000110100 1010010 01110010 100100100 01111000010101 1000100 10111110010 01010011 001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

    The author used the same word is 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 possible is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase is connects the lines.

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