This is an analysis of the poem Nothing To Excite The Dead To Dance that begins with:
Okay!
Now that the smelling salts have been applied......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXcXdEcEc aXaXbXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1101011001 1110100101010 0101010111100 1110000110001 101010101 0101110111001 10 1111101 11 1111101 1100 1010101 0111101 1011001101010 10010101010001100 100101 011110101 1100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.
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- summary of Nothing To Excite The Dead To Dance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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