This is an analysis of the poem If Superficiality Sells that begins with:
If superficiality sells,
And the price for substance......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaaXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000001 101110 1101 1110011010 0111 10101101 1011001 1011 0111010 10011010000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If Superficiality Sells;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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