This is an analysis of the poem Riddled With Guilt that begins with:
Tell me something...
Was it before or after you were conceived, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbX ab XcXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 10011101001 11010101000 110101 111101001010 11010101011010010 10111011011 01011101010 1111011001 1 1001 111010010101000100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Riddled With Guilt;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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