This is an analysis of the poem It's The Attention Given That Sells that begins with:

A showstopping mocker,
Here to dropp impressions? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXaXccdcdXede X B X B FX X B X B FX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 101010 1 0100100 11 101011110 01001010 0110110 1110010 010101 1011111 101 001101 100010100010 11101011010 0001010 11001010 111 01 1110 01 11111001 101111 111 01 1110 01 11111001 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of It's The Attention Given That Sells;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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