This is an analysis of the poem My Honesty Should Never Offend that begins with:

Take me as I am.
And while you are at the doing of it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbcdXbdbaceeXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111101000 1011 101101101 01001010 11010101010 110 11101 01111101010 01 10110100110 1001010 1001011101 110010101 1010110010 110011001 10101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, you are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of My Honesty Should Never Offend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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