This is an analysis of the poem Scratched And Muddied that begins with:
I have often heard it said to me,
I should not base my negative opinion......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdb XcaXX XXXdeX caeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101 11111100010 110110101101 1011101011010 110101000 010011100100 11101010 1100110101 0110110100100 101 111111001 11111101011000 1111111 110111 0010101 11011111 111011110 110111101 111100 101011101001 001001111001010 110111001000100 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me, have, i, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and 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.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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