This is an analysis of the poem Quality And Qualifications Of Teachers that begins with:

What is it about sex that makes it so attractive?
And why are those least attractive, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXcXdefbgehgheiifbfcjfXibfbf XX iXje dbeffg feX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,2,4,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111101010 11111010 10000101 0010001 1101101000 10101011 1111 10110101101010 011101110 1100011000100 0010110100 101111 1111001010 101010 111101 11010001001010 101101001 01001011111001010 1 101011100 111010111001011 101100100111100 011110100010101 1011 01001010 011101111011 1010100101 101101001011 011 111110110010 010100110010010 11111 11111 111 10101 1110101011 11011011110 1001 1100101 01010110 110010110110 11010010110110 110010101 11110101 001100100 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, or are repeated.

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

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