This is an analysis of the poem We'D Like To Make This Perfectly Clear that begins with:

With all due respect.
And with our expressed sympathies, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABc CcDD DDEFB cgXgXc bffX ABc CcDD DDEFB edafX ABcXCcDDcfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,6,4,3,4,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 10101100 010 11001010 1 1001011001 10111001010100 101001 10001010100000011 11100111010110 00101 0010001010110 1 101 01001100 110101001 00100111100 101101010 10110100001001 1000100101010 110011011010 1001001010000100011001 01101 10101100 010 11001010 1 1001011001 10111001010100 101001 10001010100000011 11100111010110 00101 0010001010110 11001 10010100110 1010011001 1010010100010 10101111010101 01101 10101100 010 11001010 1 1001011001 10111001010100 100101 1110010110 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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