This is an analysis of the poem It Takes The 'Taint' Out Of Tantillizing that begins with:

What makes a nonstory worthy of news?
When those involved admit it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabbadbb eXXdaXXaaeX fdXebfaXeeac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001001 1101010 0110000100 1111111 10101 010001 10001001101 01010 01000101010 10010010 1110 1100100101 11000011001 100100010 00100000110001 011111011100 0101101000 1010111010 01101011 1010 111001011 1101100 11010 010101100 110010 110100110 01110 101111000100 101001001001 1111010 11101 111110100 1100010111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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.

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  • summary of It Takes The 'Taint' Out Of Tantillizing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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