This is an analysis of the poem Like A Decaying Tooth that begins with:
Truth like a decaying tooth,
Hits a nerve if left ignored....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcca cXdeXXX bbXbbde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100101 1010101 1010001011 101000101 010110101 110011111 010101011010 1010001001 10100110101 010100100100100 101100 001000001010 1110111001 101010101101 10001011 11111110 101111101001 1111010111 110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Like A Decaying Tooth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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