This is an analysis of the poem Often Begins In Innocence that begins with:

I can not and wont argue,
The right or wrongs......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXX XcaXa cbdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111110 0111 010101101001 101101000100 01010100100 1101111010101 11010010010001 0010101101 1011010 011000110 111010010 0101001001 10010100 01011111010 100100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Often Begins In Innocence;
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  • history of its creation;
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