This is an analysis of the poem That's Ridiculous that begins with:
It's quite simple.
And as plain as listening to an excuse....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdcd X effdgd X cbegXeade XXaeedaeeaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,6,1,9,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110 11111000101 110010 1100101010 011010101 110100100101 11010001101 111100101 111010 010101001100101 111101 01011101 111010 01000001 11000 110110010 11010101100100 10010101010100 111010000011010 10011010100100 1101001 111010010001 111111010010010 101011011001011 111101 1110010001 001011 11010001 1 0100010100 111010111 1101001111101 10110 10100110100 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tell, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase children connects the lines.
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