This is an analysis of the poem The Am I Nuts Test that begins with:

Before taking The Am I Nuts Test,
Do your best to be objective and prepared......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc daacX eaf aega bah bffbh igdfa idfbaeXb jX kdafXbbk X kakd XX jeXkdfXbfck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,4,3,5,5,8,2,8,1,4,2,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001111 11100010101 00110 1101011 1010 0001000101 000100 11011111011 001101010 11 111110001 110100 1 1110010101001 101 10101010 10 11010001 1101001110011 1 11101110100 001011010 111000101001 101111101 1 1111110 0100111001 01101001001110 1110100101 1 11100110 01010010010100 101011011 11101 110001100101 01111000 111101001 11011001 110001001010001 1 1101 110110100101 01011011011 001111010 11100011010011 110111011 1101010 1111010010001101 10111011100100 1101000100010 10110100 10001111101 1 11111 1 1100001 10100111111 1100101111000 00101101 10100110100 1 0010110101000011 011011 1011111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; you, and, as, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Am I Nuts Test;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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