This is an analysis of the poem More Arrogant Than Necessary that begins with:
Remember a few years ago,
When folks 'with' good credit......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd cX e fX ebghd afXg dbghXcch Xddegijkg kX X k hc gXXX abdihacX iba jeXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,1,2,5,4,8,9,2,1,1,2,4,8,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001001 111010 1010101001 11 1110101 111 1 11 111110100101 0010100 1001110 11 11011100101 0100101 101110001 110101111001 10111110 11 111 1101110100 101001 111101001 01111011000101 100101111100 01101 10101 001110001110 1101010 1101 1 101101 011110110 111010101000 11110101 11011011001 111110101 111011111 1111111101 111101 111 11110110 111001001010101 010000111111 111001001 0101110100 10101011001 1110110101 0100110 1110110011010 101 11011 11000101101 111 1110110 11010111 1011 01101100 01010001 10010111011 11101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of More Arrogant Than Necessary;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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