This is an analysis of the poem Blame It On The Squirrels that begins with:

With a created reason,
Promoted by a more creative purpose......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXdceXbcefg bdX dacg hicX bXcf X bXi XX cfhfXci XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,3,4,4,4,1,3,2,7,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001010 01010101010 10101101001 01110010 110100010101 11110001 00101101 110100011101 01101001010 100100100 101001 01100111 0011010 001001101010100 10100 101110100010001 111011011 10111010001 111001110 11110010101 001000100010100 11110 01010010101 010101 110011001001001 1 1110101 11011010 011110 111 1 1 11101001 1 1011001 101010 1101011 1110010101 1 101101100011 11 1110011010 10 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Blame It On The Squirrels;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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