This is an analysis of the poem Openly Critiqued that begins with:
For most of my life,
I have paid my own dues....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbXcX XaddXXaaXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 111111 101010 001001 0101 0011010011 11101 011111101 11100001 1111001011 1110010101 01111001 111 01010010 110011101010 1100101010001101 001100001110111 1010000111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, have are repeated.
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- summary of Openly Critiqued;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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