This is an analysis of the poem Pick This To Leave that begins with:

A product solicited and much too erotic,
With a marketing done to the very young....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdX eeb Xec Fcc Fdg CGHGGGC FCGHGGGC ABc FCGI FCGI FIG FGIXFGfGFGI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,3,3,3,7,8,3,4,4,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100100111010 00100100101 010011001 101110 11100100100 01010100 100010100 01010 11100 1010000100 0100101 1111 110 1100010 1111 1010101 11001101 1101 1001 101010 101 10010 101 110010100 1111 1101 1001 101010 101 10010 101 110010100 0100100111010 00100100101 11101010 1111 1101 1001 110100101 1111 1101 1001 110100101 1111 110100101 11011001 1111 11011001 110100101 11 1001 111 1001 11 1001 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nope, it, this, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word don't is repeated.

    The author used the same word nope at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words benefit, breathe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Pick This To Leave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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