This is an analysis of the poem Relied On Misguidance that begins with:

Whatever you believed the image was...
You had relied on misguidance....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaba bccbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010101 11011100 1110111010 1010111 1111011 11111 10100 0101000101 01 1111111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Relied On Misguidance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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