This is an analysis of the poem The Probe Of Ripping Critics that begins with:

Block me from your view,
From your sight if you have to! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXdbeXf fagaahfif XXdhcia cXeXggc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 0110110 01101 0011110 1101110010 11110100 01 111110 10010 011111001 1111111001 10101 11001001 110110111 0110101 101111 1101110 1011101 11001010 01101100101 1101111011 111100111 11101 011110 001011101 111 11110 0110101 1010010 10101 10110101 01101000 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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 and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Probe Of Ripping Critics;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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