This is an analysis of the poem On Which Side Of Hypocrisy Do You Reside? that begins with:

It has been exposed.
Why can't you face it? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab acXde bdddd bece bede XeeffbdXdXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,4,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 11110 10011 010111110010 100010010 11010101010 10101110 101001100 011010101 110001001 1110101011 10010110100100 11010001 011101101 1010100 0010101010101 111101001000101 010110100001 110100101010 110010100 0101101 11011001 1110101010100 011101 11110001010 01 001010010111100 11100100 101 1110110111 111001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; or is repeated.

    The author used the same words those, no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of On Which Side Of Hypocrisy Do You Reside?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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