This is an analysis of the poem Often Amused that begins with:
I am often amused,
By those electing to be suppressed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcdbbX AddXXbXAcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 110100001 0010100 11110101 10010010 10110 1101011000110 111001 1110110 010010100110 100010101010 0110110010 1010101 111001 1110001100 1010100100001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 Often Amused;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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