This is an analysis of the poem Special Effects that begins with:
It doesn't pay to sabotage the doings of others.
Mother Nature has a way of getting one's attention....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 01010101010010 10101010101010 010101010101001 100100010 00111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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- summary of Special Effects;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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