This is an analysis of the poem How Prevalent Is The Act Of Promiscuity? that begins with:

How prevalent is the act of promiscuity?
Well......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXXdX fXghdia ceagedg fXiXb ifhhda fX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,7,5,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100001010100 1 1111111001 11010110100110 0101001011110 01110100011 1110100010101 10100111000100 01101 101010100010 1111101011 1101010 1100101010 01011 0101000101010 111000 01 10101100010 0110110001000 101010110 110100101010 11110 1100100010 1 1111010 11001 01010110010 101000010 11100 0101010001101010 1010100000010 01101100100010 0101011101101011 101000100101001000100 10100100010011 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of How Prevalent Is The Act Of Promiscuity?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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