This is an analysis of the poem Everything The Others Ate Had Been Great that begins with:

When will I ever write 'something' you like?
Probably never....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc X dcac bbcX bcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110011 10010 1110111011 1101010011101 11110101 1111010 101101110111 01111011101 11010101101 10111111 11111110 1010011 0111 1111010 11100111101 0110010110 101101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Everything The Others Ate Had Been Great;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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