This is an analysis of the poem Not Seduced By Gloss that begins with:
The time to evaluate and assess one's life,
Should be done with a clear consciousness....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABc ddeXbX ebX c fABXXccf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010110111 101001100 0010101010111 110 101110111010 01110111010 1011 011010010 1011111010001 1101110 1001101011 1101100011010 1 11 010010110111 101001100 0010101010111 1 11011 10
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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