This is an analysis of the poem Initiation You Know Will Irritate that begins with:

Why should it have to explained?
Figure it out! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXabdffbXXeeaabXceb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 1001 1101 1111 110001 11010111010 100101101010 100101001010 010010010101 11101001 110100101010 11110101010 11110010 0111110101 010011010 101010101011 101010101 01110110111101 1101101010110101 11110100101011 1111001 111101 111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 829
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Initiation You Know Will Irritate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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