This is an analysis of the poem Celebrate The Holidays Like Everybody Else that begins with:

How can 'we' combat the rise of crime in America?
I know you are shopping! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbcd dbeX eX XXAX fc X g gXfbeX Xeh hchX XfecXbX b hX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,2,4,2,1,1,6,3,4,7,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010100100 111110 0101010110 01110110 110001010 1010 11001011110 1110001 110101111 1 11011 1 11 11110010100100 011101 100 1101 11 1 101001 010011010100 101010100101 101101010011 1000110111 110111110 1111101110010 110111010100011 011 111101011100 11001101010101110101 00101 10010 0101 110101 1 1111 11101000010111 1101 01101010101111 1101110 101100100100011 0110001011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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  • summary of Celebrate The Holidays Like Everybody Else;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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