This is an analysis of the poem The Quality Of Retaliation that begins with:
When I have heard to learn,
I have mistreated someone for no apparent reason....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabacaaX dXdbcc eeaXXX XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101 11010111101010 11010001000100 110111111 00100 0100001010 0110011100 0010010010 110 010011011001101 010011010010 01010101101010 1101101101 0100111100100 1100101101 111111011 01010110101 110010010101110 0110110 00111001001111 01010101101 101010100101000010 0110101100 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 is repeated.
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