This is an analysis of the poem Bad Mouth Bashers that begins with:

Bad mouth bashers meet their matches.
And have begun to be dissed to dash....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcdacd efacaXdfd Xce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101110 1110001001 111111111 11001101 101110 01011100101 10101 100101011 010001000011 11111101 1011101 00100010101 001010011011 101001011101 1001011010010 0110111001 1110001 10100101001 10010100 001011010 1101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bad Mouth Bashers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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