This is an analysis of the poem Shadowed By The Thieves that begins with:
The misdeeds done to do because one can do them,
To others discreetly......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcda cXdaabee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001101011110 010010 001111 11110101001 0110010110 10001101011101 1111010101 10101001011100 1111011111 1001010001110 11010100001000 01001000100100 1011101100100100 0100101001 11010101000100 001101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; one, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word by is repeated.
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