This is an analysis of the poem Anything To Please The 'Little Guy' that begins with:

The agenda to enhance incompetence grows.
So angry are those spoiled, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACA bDA XeXe ABACA bDA XefbX eXeX eX fXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,4,5,3,5,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001000101001 110111 11000101001 01101010 010111 110110101 10110100 01110111 01010000100 1011100100 1100011100 001001000101 001000101001 110111 11000101001 01101010 010111 1110110101 10110100 01110111 11111 01010101 11101010110 0010110 011010 100101 0110 1111010 10101 110101000 01001 110 10101011 11101 001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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  • summary of Anything To Please The 'Little Guy';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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