This is an analysis of the poem You 'Are' An Accomplice that begins with:
You 'are' an accomplice!
If you've ever advocated hatred, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcabXdAad AAAAdDd caccc Ad decdAa abdeaXcccAf AAAAdDd dfX dXdd DbXbdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,5,2,6,11,7,3,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101010 0110101010 00010101 110101 01101001010 001111 01101111 1101010 010100100 10101010 1101010 0110101 0101100 1101 0010011 01101 111010100100 0111001 0010100101 01101010 1110001 1010011 1101010 11010010 01010110111 1010100101 01011101000 11011 1101010 0101100101 10110010100 01010010101 11011100001 10101101 101101 1111110 001101 1010110100 111001 1101010 1011101 1101010 0110101 0101100 1101 1010011 01101 11010100100 111001 1101100 010001 1110101 01010110 00100010100 0011101 01011 100100101 01001000 10100001 1011 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, to are repeated.
The author used the same words you, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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