This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Modern Art that begins with:

Come on in and stay a while
I'll photograph you emerging from the revolving door...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcaaaXXbcXcXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101 11011010000101 1101010010101 100101101010 110001010100101 1110100100101001 0010100101010101 010110110101 1101010101 0111010110010 01010100110010 111111111011001 11110010100101001 1010101101000010010 101010101010110000010 01010100111010101 0101110111100111 0010001000010001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 996
  • Average number of words per stanza: 183
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Ode To Modern Art;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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