This is an analysis of the poem A Must To Have that begins with:

Who made the acceptance,
Of a nonsense enjoyed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdb efafade dbdag bdaa daXhgieX iXdc afddXbXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,5,4,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 001001 10101011 10101 1101011 01101 100111010 111100001 110100001 0011101 100101110 11111010 10 100100110100 101010101 100010110 0101110101 1111101111 10011101001 1110111011 010110110010 1100100100010 100110110 1001001011 0010010100 10110010 11001 0100001111 0010010 1100100100 100110011101 00101 101010100 1101100001001 1100100010 0101 11110111 01010110010011 0100101011 001001 11010101 10101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, they, to, them are repeated.

    The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Must To Have;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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