This is an analysis of the poem To Purposely Offend Them And Hurt Their Feelings that begins with:
Those who use tired and old tactics,
To build up defenses......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaabbXccXaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101110 011010 010101001010 1000111 1 01111110001 1010010000 101 101 11011 010001011110 010101 010101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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