This is an analysis of the poem Funky Attitude that begins with:
You don't have to 'cover' for him.
I know when I am being avoided....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd X efXdfded XX Xgh gcaX Xcdh XcfX ghXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,8,2,3,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 1111110010 0111 011101 111111 10111 11 101010 111101 10101011 1 111011 11101 10 1111101001 11101 1 111101111 101 110000101 011111 101111111110 1 11 010101011 111111010 1 011011 100111 0110 011 111 10110011 11011000 10101 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Funky Attitude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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