This is an analysis of the poem Rationalizing Themselves that begins with:
How can anyone maintain compassion,
For those who are habitual liars....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaaba baXXbb bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110001010 1111010010 11101 1100101 001101010 111001001111 1101110111 11111010 101011111 11011101 101100010 10100010101 01010111101 00010101101000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 Rationalizing Themselves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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