This is an analysis of the poem Not My Problem To Correct that begins with:
If I remain honest with myself,
To express it candidly or not......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbaba aXcdccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 010110011 001010011 1010101001 111001001001 11001001110001 1111101000010 01010101011 1001100110110 101101011100 0100110111101 10101000110100 1010111100101 001011110010001 1111111011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; with, to, i are repeated.
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