This is an analysis of the poem Would The Doing Of This Be Considered Offensive? that begins with:
Is it too extreme to be certain and direct?
Would the doing of this be considered offensive? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABaacada AXaaaBac X X dXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001010010101 1010000010010 111010101 0110111001 11110000100 1101010001 11010011 1101100111001 001010010101 1001000010 101111010001 1111110101 01001011010 1010000010010 1000010001 1111100100101 11111 110 1110 101 1010010100110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The author used the same word is at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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