This is an analysis of the poem The Shaming that begins with:
The shaming they've done to themselves,
Increases to release a truth many see....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcXacdac deaaaaebb aeccXXadXec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011001 01000101101 010010110 101010010 110001100101 01111101 11100011110 101000100011 01010110011010 110101001001 11110101 0101110 0011101100101 100110101111 110011111 0010100111001 01001010111 111010110101 110001011001 11101101 110010 11101 1110111 111010101100 101111101 00101111001 10111010 010010101 10101110101 010101000101110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to is repeated.
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- summary of The Shaming;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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