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

If truth as a factor had been introduced,
As a matter of fact......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAaaaaXa bcbbdeeb daAcaXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010101 101001 1011101 10100000 010000111 1010010100 10110 11101 100100101 00100010 10111011 101000110 001011111010 01001001 1 1010 011010 10101 101001 10101010 01010001 10010000100 10111001 11101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Offensive Enough To Censor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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