This is an analysis of the poem Obscene Calls that begins with:
I don't with intention,
Wish to offend anyone....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbXbcdXaXdXb ceedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010 1001100 1110101001 1011010 100110001001 11111101000100 101101 0011010011 0111110 10101001 11010111001 11111101000 1101101 1000101 001010101 100 11011110 101101010 1011101 010111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 Obscene Calls;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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