This is an analysis of the poem Aweful, Disgusting And Despicable Creatures that begins with:

They are aweful,
Disgusting and despicable creatures....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa X ab bacX XX bX acX XcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,4,2,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100 0101010010 110111 11 11100101 11010 10011110111 0110 111110 111101111 1101 1101011011 110010 111 110100 0100111010101 111101011001110 11110100 0110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 Aweful, Disgusting And Despicable Creatures;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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