This is an analysis of the poem It Is Not Malicious At All that begins with:

Everything but the truth is accepted.
And 'if' you are blessed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaddbXceeXaaXXdaebbXfaafccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010010 11111 10100 001100110 10010 100110101 00101011 01 10011110 1111010 010111 10011101 110101010 1010010111 001 1 100100 110100010 110001010 1001001101111 111101001000 01101010 110 111010 01101 1101 1100010 11010101 0010010101 01010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 891
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It Is Not Malicious At All;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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