This is an analysis of the poem Unwarranted Acts that begins with:
Many may elect to have selective memories,
As a preference to leave behind misdeeds they've done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbX cdbeaabb fXX edd XdX XgXf bfXgaaX ae bXXcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,3,3,3,4,7,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101010100 1010001010111 10110100110001 1111 0100100111010 110 00101010111 100010101000010 10111010001 00111100101010 11110010 11101011001001 1100101010010001 111 11010 11111000001 1 001 11111010 1000 1111101010 111000100011 10100110 1011101011 111111 11111 11010 11110101 101 111000111 110111010100 01101111010 1111 011010 1011011101111 1101011 11011111 111110010 1111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; may, you, to, god, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thank is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Unwarranted Acts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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