This is an analysis of the poem To Be Treated With Sincerity that begins with:

Old tactics used to finesse from me,
My common sense......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXccc baaadddXa XddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 1101 00101010 010010 0100001010 00100011101 011010001111 001111 0101010 110 11100100 111001001 01001001010111 010101001100101 01011111011 11011101010 01101111110 11111100010100 1111 11111010 100100010001 1111011011 111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, me, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of To Be Treated With Sincerity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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