This is an analysis of the poem Sneak A Peek Out The Window...First! that begins with:

They would love to see their activities magnetized.
In neon lights, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bbca XaddX cdbXe eXdac cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,5,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110100101 0101 0100 1101010 0001010010 0100101 1111101 01000 0011110010 101 101001 101011 11110111 10111 1001011010 1101001 1010101 11101 1010 1 0011101001 0110 11011110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Sneak A Peek Out The Window...First!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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