This is an analysis of the poem The Art Of Sport And Humility that begins with:

Hollow is self praise.
Hollow is the acceptance of it taken....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cacbd Xabaa XdaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 10000100010 0010110100 11110100 0100010010100 1011010101 1001 10111110 1010101 1010111010 01010101 00100111010 101 100100111101 00010011 1110101001001 0111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Art Of Sport And Humility;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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