This is an analysis of the poem Considered The Joke Too! that begins with:

I'd just want to say...
Your spelling of 'considered', ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcXdc X Xee bX dX XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,3,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11001000 101010011 1 110111 01001010 1110010 11101 11101001 11 100100111 11110100 11110101 10100111 110 111000100010 1101110011 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Considered The Joke Too!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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