This is an analysis of the poem To What Degree Will A Rating Achieve? that begins with:

I've read your 'work'.
And I think you are great....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCA dcaea fXXgXfea XABCA dccX hgXi ghacj cjca aXci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,5,4,4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111111 1100010 1101 00101 11111 1010011 10001 11110010 11110101 111111 01 11 1 0111 1 011111 001101 1111 111111 1100010 1101 00101 010111101 01 10101 001001 01101110 1 01100100 011110011001 1 11110101010 001011 110111 11111010001101 1001001 11111 0011100 10011010001001 01111011010 1101111111010 101 1011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, or, will are repeated.

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  • summary of To What Degree Will A Rating Achieve?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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