This is an analysis of the poem Vivid, Bold And Direct that begins with:

I am not here to bask in your delusions.
OR paint pictures to depict, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbXbXbXbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101010 1110001 010010111110 0110111110 01010101111101 1111101000111 1100101 111100111 011100011101 101011010 110101101 110101010 11100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Vivid, Bold And Direct;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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