This is an analysis of the poem It's Typical To Turn Up A Nose that begins with:

If typical,
It remains it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXaccd dedX Fffef FDFdFeXABDFe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100 0010 00100011 1011100 0101 00101001 000110001 1101000010 110010100 1101000010 10100101 10010001000100 1000001 001000110100 11101100 101010100001 10010001000100 010010101 10010001000100 0100110001 10010001000100 11010001101 0100 0010 010010101 10010001000100 00100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; if, typical, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of It's Typical To Turn Up A Nose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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