This is an analysis of the poem Temptations Conveniently Hidden that begins with:
It doesn't always pay to stay up-to-date,
And fresh with a keeping abreast......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXcbb dbX XdXXaacd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011101101 11001001 00101011011 1101001000010 11010011011101 11001111001 0101001101101 111010101110 110010 01101010 01001001101 11110101110101 110110101010 10100101110011101 0100001101100010 001101010001 100010110101 1011011 1110111100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 Temptations Conveniently Hidden;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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