This is an analysis of the poem What's Bad that begins with:

Not reading English,
and hearing about a new English thriller...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cc XXd cd caaX XaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 11001011010 1100010 100111011 1110100010 101010 1110101001010 0100101 100110101110111 11010011111 101100101 1111110100 010010 11110111 1101 101010 10111 1011100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of What's Bad;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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