This is an analysis of the poem It's Flu Season that begins with:

What nonsense is this?
Flu now has an anticipated season? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC bbAAdEX CFG Xafaad CFG AAdEXXXXABC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,6,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000 11110101010 1101010011 10100011101 1101101101 11111 111110111111 0110111101 1010 10111 1010101101011 1111101 01110100 0111111111101 110110 1101011001 0010001 010111010101 101000100111 1010101101011 1111101 01110100 11111 111110111111 0110111101 1010 10111 10101010 1111111 11000 11110101010 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; and, your, to are repeated.

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  • summary of It's Flu Season;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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