This is an analysis of the poem It Is Poetic And Prophetic that begins with:

It is poetic and prophetic,
With some tongue in cheek stuff....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABABcCA X cCA cdXX ABABABccA X cCA XXX ABAB deXeX cCA XXABABABcCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,3,4,9,1,3,3,4,5,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 1 0100100 1100010 110101 1 0100100 1100010 111101 110101010 110110 1101 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 1 0100100 1100010 111111 1 0100100 1100010 1011101 0101110101 110101010 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 1101001010 10011 011101 1 1010110 1 0100100 1100010 110101 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 000101010 011011 1 0100100 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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  • summary of It Is Poetic And Prophetic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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