This is an analysis of the poem Inspite Of Warnings Against It that begins with:

Bored with your life?
And feel the best way to overcome, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcccd abcXe XfcfX XX X dgX X fgec eXXedgff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,2,1,3,1,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 110110101 010100101011 000110 10010010 1110110100100 11001110010 1101101010011 1111111011 111001 1000101001011101 1110101010001101 11010101110101 1101111101 1101001100 11011101 11111101 1111101000 101101001 1011111101 1011111001 01011110 01111 1111001011 11 10110010101000 110111 11010110101010 11010111 1101 011001111001 0 1111010010 0011 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.

    The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Inspite Of Warnings Against It;
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