This is an analysis of the poem To Mention Facts that begins with:
Facts to have accepted them,
Offend more often than they defend....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa XX XX Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010100 011101101 01010001 010110001101 1100100100 010111100 001011010001 01011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 To Mention Facts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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