This is an analysis of the poem Something I'Ve Accepted that begins with:

Why have you continued and permitted,
Those negative comments said about you......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc adefX gb hX ig gaX ah XgdXX d XXX b XifX bbg eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,2,2,2,3,2,5,1,3,1,4,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010 1100101011 010100 110101111 11110011010 10011010 101001010 110100001 1010100 1010101 1 110101110101 11 0101010101000001 11110 1011001 100001011001001 0101101010 011001011 10101010 01011001011 10 1001011 00010111 0100101011 10110101 11 11010 11100101 001011011100 10101000011 100 1110 100000100011 11110100101 1 1 110 10100010101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • 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 no is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines no is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.

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  • summary of Something I'Ve Accepted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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