This is an analysis of the poem Selective Obnoxiousness that begins with:
Some folks enjoy being annoying.
It is a pattern....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCX dd ebeb XdfdXd ABCX fXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,6,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110010 00010 010 01000101000 0100110011111 011110010111 111010100 01111001 01110100 100101 01000010 1011101 10100110 10101 1110100 11011011 110110010 00010 010 01000101000 1100101110 011011001 00101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Selective Obnoxiousness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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