This is an analysis of the poem Lines To Our New Censor that begins with:
[Mr. Oscar Wilde, having discovered that England is unworthy of him, has announced his resolve to become a naturalised Frenchman.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXc dXdX Xebe fafa ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001011000100110100100101000010 11110011 111111010 110100110 101111110 11110111 01110111 01011101 111011010 11111100 111101110 10111100 010111010 11010101 110101010 110100111 010101010 11110101 1100110010 11010101 110101110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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.
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