This is an analysis of the poem Vindicated that begins with:

Vindicated!
When you've been vindicated, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAA ABB acB XXB XcB aAA ABB XAB XAB XAB XAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000 1101000 101010100010 1101000 0111101 10111110101 11001 11010111011 10111110101 10110111 111001001 10111110101 1100100001 110110011 10111110101 1000 1101000 101010100010 1101000 0111101 10111110101 1110 1101000 10111110101 1110 1101000 10111110101 1110 1101000 10111110101 1110 1101000 10111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vindicated, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words when, vin at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vindicated is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word away at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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