This is an analysis of the poem Misdeeds Done Never Leave that begins with:

A misdeed believed to be done to another,
Secretly and in discreet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACXc ABDE FXFgg ABAC ABDE gfXFXb FXFf dGXXdGXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,4,4,6,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010010010 1001001 101110100 1001101001 00010101100 110110001 010011010 10001011 101110101 010101111 011101 1111010100 011101 101 01 011010010010 1001001 101110100 1001101001 010011010 10001011 101110101 010101111 011 101 10110001100 011101 101 11011 011101 100110011100 011101 11011001001 01 0101 100 0101100 01 0101 100 0101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word misdeeds 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 backbiters is repeated).

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  • summary of Misdeeds Done Never Leave;
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  • history of its creation;
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