This is an analysis of the poem Squeaky Clean And/Or Bleeped that begins with:

Why do folks play childish games to pest?
Those older ones play them, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXaXbXccabXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111110101 110110 111001 1111011101 11110000101 110101011010 1100111101 1110111 11011010101 111011011111 11 11011101010010 10 101010110101 111011101 110010101 011101101110 101010100 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 758
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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  • summary of Squeaky Clean And/Or Bleeped;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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