This is an analysis of the poem My Kool-Aid Made that begins with:

Some prefer ice tea.
A Pepsi or their Coke....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX ccaX dXBEXcb XXfBXegEDB XEgEDB XXbXEgEDB ehXfhea XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,10,6,9,7,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 010111 11010110 010111 11101 111011 1011111 111111101 1111 1111100 01010100110 010101 1001000111 101101111 01110 11111111100 1 101 01010100110 10 1010101 1 100100001 11111 111110 10 010101 1 100100001 11111 111110 11111111100 0011 11011100010 10 010101 1 100100001 11111 111110 1 1101010010101110 10101011010010 1101001010110101011 101110 010101010101 111 111110 1 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of My Kool-Aid Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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