This is an analysis of the poem Ten To Fifteen Years Would Be Ideal that begins with:

Your Honor...
I take full responsibility for my actions....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XcbdecXf eggXghh ahd fbaddg aXbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,7,3,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1110101001110 11111 00100011 1101 11110101 0111110 0111011 110111111000 11 0010110 1101 110011111 01011001010 101101 0101 11110 10110 01 1101100100 1 0101010101011 101110101010 110110 100101001 10010 110 011111011 011 10110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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  • summary of Ten To Fifteen Years Would Be Ideal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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