This is an analysis of the poem Who Should Receive More 'Patience' Than They Get? that begins with:

Solicited advice given that later offends,
Grown men and women...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbba cddcd Xecd XX aeaeeace eXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,2,8,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011011001 11110 1001100001010 111011100 110011100010 1001101 0111011101 00010010101 10111100 110101010001 1100010 11001010011 001001110101 11101110111 1 110111001111 10 01 111101010100 101 111010000100 101010010 1010110101 01100001 1010100101 1100110011 01011001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Who Should Receive More 'Patience' Than They Get?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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