This is an analysis of the poem Smearing that begins with:
Reporting distortion,
And smearing one's name....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabc ddXb bcbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010010 11011 011101001 11010100 101001101 1000110 00110100010 00101 1111100111 101000100 1010101 1010000111 010000100 110100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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 Smearing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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