This is an analysis of the poem Watched And Monitored that begins with:

I 'use' to be the one,
To advocate with a doing done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbb deXXfXdg XX bbfedebede eX hfcfe XX fabhdbb XX Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,2,10,2,5,2,7,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100001 010000101 01011 01010100101 1111101000 010101 01011101100 110110111 11111101 011100111110 11110101010 010011110110101 0010011101 10100011011011 01011100100 1 111111 1001000111100110 1000100100111110 10111101001010101 11101 01011001000101100 1 101010101 1 110001001010 11010001100011100 1100011010 100110101 010 110100011110001 0111 001010010001 11010010 1 111111 110101110 1100010 101101 11000111010 111000100101 011110 101100011010 1 111111 0111 01010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to, this, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.

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  • summary of Watched And Monitored;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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