This is an analysis of the poem It Looks Like Propaganda To Me that begins with:

Excuse me.
'No problem....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbcXX d X baXcd XX ef XX fXf fXX af fdXcXfegabX c cefhgaX fh fX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,1,5,2,2,2,3,3,2,11,1,7,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 110 11 1010 100110 111101111 00110 101 110111 11 11111101 1101110101 1110101010100 1 0111010011 1010100 10111 11011111 1101011 101 110100 111111100 11100110 10011011 1111110101 1 11 1111101010101 100111010 0101 1101101011 111010 101111010101 101 10110111001010 11 101011001001 1101010100100 01110 11110 1101011011 01011110110 111111110 1111101010 1100101 110101 1111 1101011100 1001110101000 11110110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, it, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, she's, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines did is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase why connects the lines.

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  • summary of It Looks Like Propaganda To Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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