This is an analysis of the poem Ironically Enough that begins with:

Ironically enough,
As irony has come to me to show and bestow....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbbcXXcdXdXXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 1100110101101 001101010 0101001000100 010011001101 0100010100101 110101101 11110111 11001 101010111 01100101001 11101000 10100111 11001010 00101001 101100101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Ironically Enough;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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