This is an analysis of the poem Because that begins with:
Oh, because you never tried
To bow my will or break my pride,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbbb Xaccaacc X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 01101111 11000111 11011101 110001001 11011101 1111111 1110101 11010100 01010110 01001101 01010101 1111111 1010011 1100011101 1110110 010110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Because;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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