This is an analysis of the poem With A Defying Against Any Of The Evidence that begins with:

To do something done unconsciously to another...
And to have that act returned with a consciousness delivered, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabc XadXbXaXbacccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111000010 101110100100010 1010 10110 1011100010101 110101001 1100100011101010 11 01110 01001001010 1101010100 1010001001010 010111111111 01110011110 00010011000100 10101 111111 1010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.

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