This is an analysis of the poem Just How Deep Into A Hole that begins with:

How can someone plagiarize another,
And lecture on the topic......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC DAE XcXXc ABC DAEXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010 1101010 010001 1110001 1010010 1010101000 10100010 010101001 10100100111 00110101001110 01110010 1111101010 1101010 010001 1110001 1010010 1010101000 101011010 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Just How Deep Into A Hole;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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