This is an analysis of the poem You Reflect The Neglect That Is Available that begins with:

If you are not showing you have integrity.
Why are you expecting to have bestowed respect? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEBB deaXedf XdageXeehXd hX ABCDEBBXgdgfbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,11,2,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110110100 111010010101 0100011011101 100100011 1101111010111 0111001101 10100 11110010 11011111000101 101000100 011101010 1110111010100 01101010 01000101 111110101001 1011000 110110101000 11010010 11101001111111 11 11011011100 11010001 111000101001 011000 010111111 1001011 11010101 011110110100 111010010101 0100011011101 100100011 1101111010111 0111001101 10100 101001100100 0111000100100 11 101 01101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, to, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word some at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of You Reflect The Neglect That Is Available;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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