This is an analysis of the poem It Is As If They Wish To Mark And Brand that begins with:

Once it is decided,
A lie will be told......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcbaded dcaabc eXX Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 01001 001010 011101 11110 0101011010 0100100010 110111 11010 010011 101010110 110101 0010110111 00101 11010 10100100111 10110101 0011100101 10010001010100 11001011 00101010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of It Is As If They Wish To Mark And Brand;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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