This is an analysis of the poem Whether Or Not You Are Honest With Me Now that begins with:

You have allowed me to question your honesty,
For too long....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC DEFAGH ideg gi bfcX iXX ABBC DEFAGH gieiggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,2,4,3,4,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101100 111 1111 1110001 10111110011 0101010 101 10011100 1001001101 01111 0010101 0110011 1101 011001000101100 0001 11101 11111011110 001001110101 11010 1010 1 1111 11100 110110101100 111 1111 1110001 10111110011 0101010 101 10011100 1001001101 01111 11011010010 101011101 10101 011 1110 11 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; not, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Whether Or Not You Are Honest With Me Now;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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