This is an analysis of the poem Offensive that begins with:

That you would find truth offensive,
Is as disgusting as the marketing of decadence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 01010101000100 11111 100100010110 11111101 110010110101 0100100101 10101 0101010 110010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Offensive;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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