This is an analysis of the poem White Comedy that begins with:

I waz whitemailed
By a white witch,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXcXXbcX bXaXdXede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000 1011 1110 111 101011 11010100 1011 111011010 100010100 110011 1010011 01111 101111 1111011 111011 11011 11010100 111010100 11010011 110 110100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; white is repeated.

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  • summary of White Comedy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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