This is an analysis of the poem Remember The Ridiculous? that begins with:
Remember the ridiculous?
When outrageous public statements made, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACD adaaa aXeffe ABACD gggc AcaadXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,5,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000100 101010101 00100010101010 1110101100010010 101010101101 010010111110 01110010111101 0110101010011101 11010010101100 011010110100100 101101110 1101110101 11010111 110101 1010010101111 0010011101001 01000100 101010101 00100010101010 1110101100010010 101010101101 111001101 01100101 0101001010101 110101011001001 01000100 1100010110 110101100 1110110100 0101100100101100 1101011001 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word remember at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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