This is an analysis of the poem Flu Blitz that begins with:

The marketing of flu,
Has become a multi billion dollar industry....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcXaba caX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 1010101010100 1010001001011 1101010 10101001111 10100011 100101010010111 010100101101101 110010110 1 1101110010 101 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Flu Blitz;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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