This is an analysis of the poem Uptick that begins with:

We were sitting there, and
I made a joke about how ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccbaca bXdXdddeeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 1101011 010111 101101 1010101 01010 1111 11011 10100001010 011101100 00101010 101011 11001101010 10101010 01101010 11100010 1010111 01 01101101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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