This is an analysis of the poem Mmm...How More Interesting Can This Get? that begins with:

They've grown accustomed to my name.
And believe they are also, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabX Xb baabaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010011 1011110 0101101 101010010 0111110101 10100111101101 1 111000101 1111010101001 110110111111 01101101 1101010 1011110101 111011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 Mmm...How More Interesting Can This Get?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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