This is an analysis of the poem Indulged By Extravagance that begins with:

With a dose of sugar.
And lots of forget-me-nots......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXd ebbd fXc eccfcd ABXcXfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010 1100111 10110010100 101000 11001 100111111 11011100 0110100 1111001 10110101 10101 101010100 1111110101 001001100 1000100 0101101 0001010100 00010110101 001010 1100111 1011001 0100 101000 11111 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

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  • summary of Indulged By Extravagance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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