This is an analysis of the poem No Matter How Politely I Am Asked that begins with:

I have always been on the top of my game.
With an aim to do it at my very best....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcacd eXbdXf XgXbXfeX eaXgbaefXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110101011 01101011101 1101110111 010011 11110101000101 0101110011101 11110101001 000100100111111 110110010101 01110110100 1101010010111010 011010001101000010 1100101111 101101001111 0101000111010 111010010 11 110010101001 101110100110010 01011111000 0001 00100011011 10111101010101 111100101011 1101010111 1010100010111 00100010101 1110010010 110101101001 11101010011110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of No Matter How Politely I Am Asked;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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