This is an analysis of the poem True Leadership Offends that begins with:

A true leadership offends.
Especially those who have grown, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDBEA babfXf ABCDBEA XghhgdaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0110101 01001111 001 11010100 0101110 11011101 00101101 101110010 101110 11011010 10011010101 00010101 001001 0110101 01001111 001 11010100 0101110 11011101 00101101 010011010 1101111 10110010100 110001010010100 10010111 010010100 110010101001 0100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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