This is an analysis of the poem Practicing Tact that begins with:
Practicing tact,
May work for those......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD deX XdfX aXe fcefXfXf ABCDXaaff fX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,8,9,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 1111 11010001 100100 111010 011010 01111 11101 011010 1101101 1110 11000101101010 110101110 1110010 0101 11010100 1100010010 11001 1010000100 1011001 110100010 1110101 1001 1111 11010001 100100 110 1011101 01010010001 0101110 11001111 111010 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 Practicing Tact;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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