This is an analysis of the poem Looked Upon And Judged By Its Cover that begins with:

I have been that book!
Looked upon and judged by its cover....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABccX Adddedcaf eXgXd dccdfXgXX XcXABg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,5,9,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 101111010 1101101 101100101 11101001111 11011 10111010 10001010101 1100010 1111001010 010011100010 111011011 1000100100011111 01010100 11110101111110 111101011 1101001101 101111110011 111110011010 1 101000100 1101111100 1101111101 101000 1001001 0101111 1101011001 10101001 111110101100 10110000101010000 11100011010100 11011 101111010 1101101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, what, it, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Looked Upon And Judged By Its Cover;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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