This is an analysis of the poem Running Mate that begins with:
She's shallow and easily programmed.
And maybe that has something to do...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd ceeX XaeXX dbfXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110011 110111001 0010011101 1111011 1010100110111 0110110 01 110001010010 11100110101110 100010011111 10101 10010100 11101110101 110110100 11 11111111 11011101011 0101010 1011010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Running Mate;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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