This is an analysis of the poem Getting A Few Fingers Burned that begins with:

I would be surprised if I had been told,
A mental growing process done by one......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBX aXc bXcc bddcXBbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100101101 0101011111 1010001001010 11001010110001 1101 001010010100 111010110 11011101001 1101011 11010101000111 010010100110 010101010010 100101 10100011100 0101011111 000100010 01001101 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

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  • summary of Getting A Few Fingers Burned;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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