This is an analysis of the poem Ridiculous that begins with:
Ridiculous?
I know....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabXXaaXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100 11 111101010 11010010 101 1000100 010110011101 1011100100 01010111111 11110010001101 10010010111 101010001 11110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 Ridiculous;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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