This is an analysis of the poem In The Midst Of My Research that begins with:

Sex sex sex sex!
That's all you filthy kids, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaba XacXcX bXdXdaaa efef X XdXaaeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,4,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111101 0110011 11010010 111011 10 1111101 11110 11001011 1110 11101011 10 110 1110 110010101 011110 101001101011 110011101011 101 1 11001 010100101101 1001 1011000111 1000 11010 10100111 01100110 111111011 10111 1111110011 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sex, to, you are repeated.

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  • summary of In The Midst Of My Research;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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