This is an analysis of the poem Resented For Expressing Their Indifference that begins with:

Taking visable pride to have ousted,
Those they delighted to have ostracized....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXabbcbdee Xd Dacfef DdaffXebbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010110 1101001101 00100001011 0111001 101000101 0101100010111 11010010 0010101011 1110101 1010010 111010110010 1010100011 11111 1011110 111110 1100010101011001 1110101 011100010001 1100110 01101010100111 111110 1101001101101 111101 101010101010100 111101000100110 10011 111110111010 1111001010010 0101011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; to, their are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Resented For Expressing Their Indifference;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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