This is an analysis of the poem Arithmetic that begins with:
Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your
head....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabXcdedfbXbeaXfXafXgcgXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100110111001101 1 10011111011110111 1011011111 10100100101010101011 11001 101001011011011 11100110111010 101001010011101011 111100101101110 1001111011101101 11101101 011010110011000111 100111010110110 11101101101010111 10100110101100 10100111010111100 1000010011111110 0111100101011111 111011001110110 10110100100110110 1011110111111111 111111111 011110111111011 10111111110010 100101011110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1815
- Average number of words per stanza: 281
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, to, and, number, double, it, one, say, nix, nay, no are repeated.
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- summary of Arithmetic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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