Analysis of The Critic
The gall of the critic
is simply impudence.
The verdict, bad or good, is flagrant insolence.
The view of the critic
is plainly opinion.
The verdict, bad or good, is arrant dominion.
The stand of the critic
is frankly doctrinaire.
The verdict, bad or good, is outright disrepair.
The test of the critic
is clearly prejudice.
The verdict, bad or good, is blatant injustice.
The voice of the critic
is merely advocate.
The verdict, bad or good, is brazen underweight.
The cheek of the critic
is wholly eminence.
The verdict, bad or good, is patent prominence.
| Scheme | ABBACCADDABBAEFABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010 1101 010111110100 011010 110010 010111110010 011010 11001 01011111101 011010 110100 010111110010 011010 110100 01011111010 011010 110100 010111110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 539 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 437 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 96 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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