This is an analysis of the poem I Like The Odds that begins with:
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Interesting question....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cde b fgXdcbaXbh chXei efgbiefe cjXdjcjkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,1,10,5,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 100010 11101 0101101 0101110 010 1 10110 11101010 001101 1 0011 1111011 1001 010110 1110101 1111 1011 01 110011110110 101000100011 1101 1001010 011100110 0111010 101 10101101 1101010 1111001011 1101100101 1010110101 00101 1101 11001011101 110 110111 1010111100101 1111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Like The Odds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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