This is an analysis of the poem I Hated Those Multiple Choice Questions that begins with:

Greed has chased their jobs,
And employers overseas....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCD XeXfe fddeedegcaX gaXXc AABCD XXbdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1010101 11010111 101001 1111101 111101100 110101101 11110101 1010 1111111 1101001010 1010010 110100 11101 01011 1110111 11110101111 111111010 1001 111 111 1 1101100110 110 00111100 11011011001 11111 1010101 11010111 101001 1111101 11011011111 1111010011 0110001 1011111111 11100010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of I Hated Those Multiple Choice Questions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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